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A translation is no translation,’ he said, ‘unless it will give you the music of a poem along with the words of it.
John Millington Synge literature music translation
There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting.
John Millington Synge language like irish
The general knowledge of time on the island depends, curiously enough, on the direction of the wind.
John Millington Synge time wind direction
Every article on these islands has an almost personal character, which gives this simple life, where all art is unknown, something of the artistic beauty of medieval life.
John Millington Synge life art character
Of the things which nourish the imagination, humour is one of the most needful, and it is dangerous to limit or destroy it.
John Millington Synge limit humour dangerous
The absence of the heavy boot of Europe has preserved to these people the agile walk of the wild animal, while the general simplicity of their lives has given them many other point…
John Millington Synge
Foreign languages are another favourite topic, and as these men are bilingual they have a fair notion of what it means to speak and think in many different idioms.
John Millington Synge
Lord, confound this surly sister, blight her brow with blotch and blister, cramp her larynx, lung and liver, in her guts a galling give her.
John Millington Synge
I'm a good scholar when it comes to reading but a blotting kind of writer when you give me a pen.
John Millington Synge
At first I threw my weight upon my heels, as one does naturally in a boot, and was a good deal bruised, but after a few hours I learned the natural walk of man, and could follow my…
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Hint 1 meaning
A soft mineral of a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or grayish color, usually occurring in foliated masses. It is hydrous silicate of magnesia. Steatite, or soapstone, is a compact granular variety.
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