“This name she had received in a legitimate manner, for, indeed, she spared nothing to make herself amiable to the nth degree. Although, of course, through the amiability there would dart-oh! a sudden flash of the female character! And although sometimes out of every pleasant word of hers there would stick!-oh! such a pin. AndContinue reading “RKS Russian Literature: Lady Pleasant in All Respects (Nikolay Gogol)”
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“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: ON MY WAY TO BE AN “INFLUENCER”? SAYONORA VIETNAMESE GENTLEMEN
The Singapore Times Exclusive: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: ON MY WAY TO BE AN “INFLUENCER”? SAYONORA VIETNAMESE GENTLEMEN My winning the fixed Singapore Westie of the Year contest was an attempt to make me “a prized commodity” as Bobby Jr. put it. Why I didn’t know. That spiny black toad incident that nearlyContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: ON MY WAY TO BE AN “INFLUENCER”? SAYONORA VIETNAMESE GENTLEMEN”
RKS Russian Literature: Women Showing Their “Possessions” to Lead a Man to Ruin (Nikolay Gogol)
“The waists were pulled tight, with contours that were very firm, and pleasing to the eye (it must be noted that in general, all the ladies that lived in the town that will remain nameless were rather plump, but laced themselves so artfully and had such pleasant manners that their stoutness escaped all notice). EverythingContinue reading “RKS Russian Literature: Women Showing Their “Possessions” to Lead a Man to Ruin (Nikolay Gogol)”
RKS Russian Literature: Dreadful and Fearsome Old Age (Nikolay Gogol)
“The fiery youth of today would recoil in horror if you were to show him a portrait of himself in old age, So take with you on your journey, as you emerge from the tender years of youth into harsh, coarsening manhood, take with you all the human impulses, do not leave them along theContinue reading “RKS Russian Literature: Dreadful and Fearsome Old Age (Nikolay Gogol)”
RKS Russian Literature: Plyuskin the Miserly Estate Owner/Part TWO (Nikolay Gogol)
“Far more noteworthy was his attire. By no means or efforts could one ascertain what his dressing gown had been concocted from: the sleeves and upper parts had become so dirty and shiny that they resembled the black-tarred leather used for boots; dangling from the back were four flaps instead of two, with cotton stuffingContinue reading “RKS Russian Literature: Plyuskin the Miserly Estate Owner/Part TWO (Nikolay Gogol)”
RKS Russian Literature: Plyuskin the Miserly Estate Owner/Part One (Nikolay Gogol)
“At this our hero could not help but step back and stare at him intently. He happened to have seen many people of every kind, even such as the reader and I will perhaps never have occasion to see: but he had never yet set eyes on anyone like this one. The face was nothingContinue reading “RKS Russian Literature: Plyuskin the Miserly Estate Owner/Part One (Nikolay Gogol)”
RKS Russian Literature: The Sticky Nature of a Personal Nickname (Nikolay Gogol)
“Strongly indeed do Russian people express themselves! And if they bestow a particular epithet on someone, it will become part of his lineage and posterity, he will drag it around him into his place of work, and into his retirement, and to Petersburg, and to the ends of the earth. And however cunningly he mayContinue reading “RKS Russian Literature: The Sticky Nature of a Personal Nickname (Nikolay Gogol)”
RKS Russian Literature: Nozdryyov Delivers Ultimate Insult to His Brother-in-Law (Nikolay Gogol)
‘I really can’t stand such namby-pambies!’ and he added, aloud: ‘Well, the devil with you, go play house with your wife, you girlie-man!’ ‘No brother, don’t you go calling me a girlie-man!’ replied the brother-in-law, ‘I owe her my life. She’s really so good, so kind, she’s so nice to me. It brings tears toContinue reading “RKS Russian Literature: Nozdryyov Delivers Ultimate Insult to His Brother-in-Law (Nikolay Gogol)”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: SIEM REAP LIKE “GOOD MORNING VIETNAM”: UP ON THE WALL WITH ANGELA JOLIE AND MANNY PACQUIAO
The Singapore Times Exclusive: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: UP ON THE WALL WITH ANGELA JOLIE AND MANNY PACQUIAO The reception in my honour was at 19:00 at the “Explorer’s Tales” champagne bar at our hotel Sofitel Angkor Phokeethra Golf and Spa Resort. While Bobby Jr. was in our suite conducting some business onContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: SIEM REAP LIKE “GOOD MORNING VIETNAM”: UP ON THE WALL WITH ANGELA JOLIE AND MANNY PACQUIAO”
RKS Literature: Death by Consumption (Thomas Nasche)
“Oh, a consumption is worse than a Capius ad Ligatum: to nothing can I compare it better than to a reprieve after a man is condemned, or to a boy with his hose about his heels ready to be whipped, to whom his master stands preaching a long time all law and no gospel ereContinue reading “RKS Literature: Death by Consumption (Thomas Nasche)”
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