What with the current enthusiasm for Japanese art, it was inevitable that some of those incomparable one-line poems that Japanese of all walks of life….
What with the current enthusiasm for Japanese art, it was inevitable that some of those incomparable one-line poems that Japanese of all walks of life go in for should begin to make their appearance.
By Ellen Tufts and St. Clair McKelway The New Yorker, February 27 , 1960P. 25 What with the current enthusiasm for Japanese art, it was inevitable that some of those incomparable one-line poems that Japanese of all walks of life go in for should begin to make their appearance.
My favorite quote on the matter comes from the incomparable Robert A. Heinlein: "One man's religion is another man's belly laugh".
Those are bare numbers, but almost incomparable ones given the quality of the opposition and the tenacity of the fray.
Part of the joy of the programme is how the finest guests tint it with their personality so it's an incomparable one-off.
Garland kept journals all his life, putting those of the 1980s to spectacular use in his wonderful account of his work and friendship with Harrison, The Incomparable Rex (1998), one of the best theatrical biographies of our day.
Needless to say, my teacher took a dim view of this decal, the creator of which I'm ashamed to say I can't remember, although it may have been the incomparable McLachlan, just one of the many great cartoonists to have found a home at the Eye over the years.
Shakespeare and Jonson, one incomparable and one great English writer, are played here as the Chuckle Brothers.
These versions tame the rawness of the original records, particularly the early ones — the incomparable assault, aimed at your heart and your body, that leaped out of radios, loudspeakers, hi-fi equipment.
