NEWS OF THE ENGAGEMENT

Setting:(time / place)

_ Philip lived in London and visited his mother in Five towns (an industrial town)
_ The action took place in Sarah Land Philip’s house.
_ He returns home for Christmas.
_ His mother brought up him alone because she was a widow.

Mr. Nixon:
_ He was 49 years old.
_ He was large and strong.
_ He was very helpful with Sarah (his mother’s Philip)

Agnes:
_ She was Philip’s fiancé
_ She lived in London with her family.
_ Her family knew him.
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Plot
_ He arrived home.
_ Sarah saw there were three chairs.
_ He thought his mother invited Agnes.
_ He thought his mother and Agnes were planning a surprise for him.
_ Suddenly, somebody knocked at the door. It was Mr. Nixon.
_ Philip was unhappy to see him.
_ They ate but Philip was nervous. He wanted to send a letter to Agnes so he went to the post-office. When he returned Mr. Nixon was still there and told him If he would like him to be his stepfather.
_ He was happy. For the first time he thought about her mother as a woman who wanted to fall in love and start a new life again.

THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY

The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce, is a satirical book published in 1911. It offers reinterpretations of terms in the English language which lampoon cant and political doublespeak.

The Devil's Dictionary has inspired many imitations both in its day and more recently. Recent examples include The Computer Contradictionary.

The origins of the Devil's Dictionary can be traced to when Ambrose Bierce was a columnist in the San Francisco-based News Letter, a small weekly financial magazine which had been founded by Frederick Marriott in the late 1850s. The News Letter, although a serious magazine aimed at businessmen, contained a page set aside for informal satirical content, entitled The Town Crier. Bierce was hired as this page's editor in December 1868, writing with satire, irreverence and a lack of inhibition, thus becoming known as the 'laughing devil' of San Francisco.

Although the origins of the Devil's Dictionary are normally placed in 1881 (the point at which Bierce himself said it began) the idea started in August 1869 when Bierce, short of topics to write about and having recently bought a new copy of Webster's Unabridged dictionary, suggested the possibility of writing a "Comic Dictionary". He quoted the entry from Webster's for Vicegerents and italicised the section,

Kings are sometimes called God's vicegerents. It is to be wished they would always deserve the appellation

He then suggested how Noah Webster might have used his talent in a comic form and it was here that the idea of a Comic Dictionary was born.

Read the works of Ambrose Bierce online at The Literature Page

Absurdity, n.: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.

Acquaintance, n.: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.

Admiration, n.: Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.

Barometer, n.: An ingenious instrument which indicates what kind of weather we are having.
Bore, n.: A person who talks when you wish him to listen.

Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.

Cabbage: A familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.

Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.

In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office.

Painting: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.

Politeness, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy.

Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.

Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.

The covers of this book are too far apart.

The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.

There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don't know.

To be positive: To be mistaken at the top of one's voice.

The Best - Tina Turner

The Best - lyrics


I CALL YOU WHEN I NEED YOU
AND MY HEART'S ON FIRE
YOU COME TO ME, COME TO ME
WILD AND WIRE
YOU COME TO ME, GIVE ME EVERYTHING I NEED

YOU BRING A LIFETIME OF PROMISES
AND A WORLD OF DREAMS
YOU SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE
LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS
AND IT CAN'T BE WRONG
TAKE MY HEART AND MAKE IT STRONG

CAUSE YOU'RE SIMPLY THE BEST
BETTER THAN ALL THE REST
BETTER THAN ANYONE
ANYONE I EVER MEET
I'M STUCK ON YOUR HEART
I HANG ON EVERY WORD YOU SAY
TEAR US APART
BABY I WOULD RATHER BE DEAD

DEEP IN YOUR HEART
I SEE THE STAR
OF EVERY NIGHT AND EVERY DAY
AND IN YOUR EYES I GET LOST
I GET WASHED AWAY
JUST AS LONG AS I'M HERE IN YOUR ARMS
I COULD BE IN NO BETTER PLACE
CAUSE YOU'RE SIMPLY THE BEST...

Dancing Queen - Abba

Dancing Queen lyrics

You can dance, you can jive
Having the time of your life
Ooh see that girl, watch that scene
Dig in the dancing queen

Friday night and the lights are low
Looking out for a place to go
Where they play the right music, getting in the swing
You come in to look for a king

Anybody could be that guy
Night is young and the music's high
With a bit of rock music, everything is fine
You're in the mood for a dance
And when you get the chance

You are the dancing queen
Young and sweet, only seventeen
Dancing queen, feel the beat
From the tambourine, oh yeah

You can dance, you can jive
Having the time of your life
Ooh see that girl, watch that scene
Dig in the dancing queen

You're a teaser, you turn 'em on
Leave 'em burning and then you're gone
Looking out for another, anyone will do
You're in the mood for a dance
And when you get the chance

You are the dancing queen
Young and sweet, only seventeen
Dancing queen, feel the beat
From the tambourine, oh yeah

You can dance, you can jive
Having the time of your life
Ooh see that girl, watch that scene
Dig in the dancing queen
Dig in the dancing queen

Oh Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison

Pretty Woman lyrics
Songwriters: Dees, Bill; Orbison, Roy;
Pretty woman, walking down the street
Pretty woman, the kind I like to meet
Pretty woman

I don't believe you, you're not the truth
No one could look as good as you
Mercy

Pretty woman, won't you pardon me?
Pretty woman, I couldn't help but see
Pretty woman

Then you look lovely as can be
Are you lonely just like me?
Wow

Pretty woman, stop a while
Pretty woman, talk a while
Pretty woman, gave your smile to me

Pretty woman, yeah yeah yeah
Pretty woman, look my way
Pretty woman, say you'll stay with me

'Cause I need you, I'll treat you right
Come with me baby, be mine tonight

Pretty woman, don't walk on by
Pretty woman, don't make me cry
Pretty woman, don't walk away, hey, okay

If that's the way it must be, okay
I guess I'll go on home, it's late
There'll be tomorrow night, but wait

What do I see
Is she walking back to me
Yeah, she's walking back to me

Oh, oh, pretty woman

Something Stupid - R. Williams

Something Stupid lyrics
(feat. Nicole Kidman)



I know I stand in line
Until you think you have the time
To spend an evening with me
And if we go someplace to dance
I know that there's a chance
You won't be leaving with me

Then afterwards we drop into a quiet little place
And have a drink or two
And then I go and spoil it all
By saying something stupid
Like I love you

I can see it in your eyes
You still despise the same old lines
You heard the night before
And though it's just a line to you
For me it's true
And never seemed so right before

I practice every day to find some clever
lines to say
To make the meaning come true
But then I think I'll wait until the evening
gets late
And I'm alone with you

The time is right
Your perfume fills my head
The stars get red
And oh the night's so blue
And then I go and spoil it all
By saying something stupid
Like I love you
I love you...

Songs - Read and Sing

Eternal Flame