Great literature often has this effect on readers, and is one of the reasons why reading has always been cultivated down through the ages but, unfortunately, only by the few who were fortunate enough to be taught to read.
At last he could feel on equal terms with those senior civil servants whom he had assiduously cultivated down the years, although (not too secretly) his heart had been set on a peerage.
He also cultivated a down-to-earth public persona, in part by mingling with his audiences before and after his shows, normally wearing the black or white cowboy hat that became a sartorial trademark early in his career.
He describes his own thinking as pragmatic, and throughout his rise he has cultivated a down-to-earth image; in the provinces he ate in government canteens and often dressed down.
Black peppercorns, which are easier to cultivate, came down in price, and the market for grains of paradise in Europe evaporated.
One insightful informant suggested that the Kammis' lower zameer has deliberately been cultivated by breaking down these people's sense of self in order to enslave them economically.
They've cultivated a vibe as down-to-earth elders, recording for independent labels staffed by younger admirers.
There is no better place to see this in action, indeed to see the full realization of an American cult wine, than where the original one was created, Harlan Estate, all 240 acres (36 of them cultivated) staring benevolently down at Napa Valley like Corcovado in Río.
He bought a property where he cultivated gardens and orchards running down to the riverside.
Glover tells how the Bolshevik leaders cultivated a reputation for hardness, down to their assumed names: Kamenev (man of stone), Molotov (the hammer), Stalin (man of steel).
With subjects like pirates, knights and the genetics pioneer Gregor Mendel, Mr. Zucker cultivated a combination of ironic down-home narrative and powerful visual wackiness.
