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(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:48 am
Post subject: Evelyn Waugh reference
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Can someone please explain this reference on page 246 of the 1977
paperback edition (publ. Little, Brown) of the Evelyn Waugh novel
SCOOP:
"One sighs for the days of Pam or Dizzy."
Are Pam and Dizzy well known journalists? Thank you!
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:05 am
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On Feb 13, 5:58 am, ens....DeleteThis@bath.ac.uk (M J Carley) wrote:
> In the referenced article, "mint...@bellsouth.net" <mint....DeleteThis@bellsouth.net> writes:
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> >Can someone please explain this reference on page 246 of the 1977
> >paperback edition (publ. Little, Brown) of the Evelyn Waugh novel
> >SCOOP:
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> >"One sighs for the days of Pam or Dizzy."
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> >Are Pam and Dizzy well known journalists? Thank you!
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> Palmerston and Disraeli.
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> Differenza fra il rivoluzionaro e il cialtrone. Il rivoluzionario
> rompe l'orologio e invece di presentarsi alle nove si presenta alle
> nove meno cinque. Il cialtrone rompe l'orologio e si alza alle undici.
> Home page:http://people.bath.ac.uk/ensmjc/
Thank you so much for that lightning fast reply!
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:58 am
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In the referenced article, "mintaka@bellsouth.net" <mintaka DeleteThis @bellsouth.net> writes:
>Can someone please explain this reference on page 246 of the 1977
>paperback edition (publ. Little, Brown) of the Evelyn Waugh novel
>SCOOP:
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>"One sighs for the days of Pam or Dizzy."
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>Are Pam and Dizzy well known journalists? Thank you!
Palmerston and Disraeli.
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Differenza fra il rivoluzionaro e il cialtrone. Il rivoluzionario
rompe l'orologio e invece di presentarsi alle nove si presenta alle
nove meno cinque. Il cialtrone rompe l'orologio e si alza alle undici.
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:27 am
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:27 am
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Steve Hayes wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:48:38 -0800 (PST), "mintaka@bellsouth.net"
> <mintaka DeleteThis @bellsouth.net> wrote:
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>> Can someone please explain this reference on page 246 of the 1977
>> paperback edition (publ. Little, Brown) of the Evelyn Waugh novel
>> SCOOP:
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>> "One sighs for the days of Pam or Dizzy."
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>> Are Pam and Dizzy well known journalists? Thank you!
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> Dizzy was Disraeli, Lord Beaconsfield, the Conservative Prime Minister of the
> previous century.
When he died, Ivan Vazov, the Bulgarian literary patriarch, penned
the following epitaph:
Lord Beaconsfield is dead,
gone to eternal black,
and every honest person laughed,
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