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вослед сегодняшнему опросу и давнишним обсуждением ограниченности нашего словаря суперлативов, а также средств для пробуждения выражения добрых чуйств.

Among men of letters I have known, Henry James was probably the greatest detester of the obvious in writing, and it was rarely, even after some delay, that he did not find the best or least over-worked word; but there was an occasion when I think he failed to do so. it was after one of his plays had been produced and while he was sitting at dinner next a lady who said to him, "I hope, Mr.James, that your play is a huge success." "My dear lady," he replied, "huge is not exactly the adjective, good as it is, that best describes the reception accorded my play; but, if I may, I will let you know the appropriate one later". After dinner she said to a friend of mine, Charles Boyd Robertson, of Foreign Office, "Henry James is most amusing to-night, although he doesn't know it; he's searching for an adjective." At last, James came up to her and solemnly boomed in her ear, "The word is wonderful"
p.52

I liked the life I lived
Some reminiscences by Eveleigh NASH
London, 1941

Мелочи жизни (наверняка что-нибудь забыла)

1. TorMozilla
2. Объявление на столбе:
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Почему то больше всего тронуло authored numerous books, впрочем, вопрос всё побивает.
3. 'Lord Frederic's brother, the late Duke of Abercorn, also had a fund of good stories, but they were usually a little broader than Frederic's, and I once heard him tell one to Lady Byron (afterwards Lady Houston) who showed from her expression that she didn't quite like it. "Never look shocked; it is so dreadfully second-rate," said the Duke with a laugh, and then Lady Byron laughed too, for the story was really funny, in spite of being a little vulgar.'
(p.76)
I liked the life I lived
Some reminiscences by Eveleigh NASH
London, 1941
Значит ли, что именно из сего источника Нэнси Митфорд позаимствовала эту формулу для своего романа (одного из) или это был расхожий принцип?
4. Подобрала брошюрку "Bourton on the Water Model Village. The Ninth Wonder of the World".



Не эта ли деревенька послужила прототипом Little Fordham из The Borrowers Aloft & The Borrowers Avenged by Mary Norton?

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Алекс Гельман «ИСПОРТИВ НАМ ПЕЙЗАЖ НА СНИМКЕ» в "Полутонах".