-
intrigues of life in a
Highland Regiment's officers'
quarters with
enough acerbity to make an
interesting melodrama.
Unfortunately one
cannot put it higher...
- Women's Register". Maslin,
Janet (20
March 1992). "Review/Film Festival;
Acerbity and
Escapism In 'Proof,' From Australia". The New York Times.
Rebecca Flint...
-
Smollett during his
travels in Europe, and
strongly objected to his spleen,
acerbity and quarrelsomeness. He
modelled the
character of
Smelfungus on him. The...
- time
before giving the
Dutch votes.
Chris Tarrant later praised Wogan's
acerbity.
During the 2007 BBC show
Making Your Mind Up, in
which the
British public...
- architect,
journalist and
broadcaster from
Ealing best
known for his
acerbity. He
presented BBC One's
Points of View
between 1965 and 1969 and was a...
- for
mimicry ,
according to Du Boulay, "his
humour has none of the cool
acerbity that
makes for real wit". His
application of
humour included jokes that...
- eager,
vinegar acerbus •
acerbior •
acerbissimus acerb-
bitter acerbic,
acerbity, exacerbate,
exacerbation acervus acerv- heap acerval, acervate, acervation...
- December,
chiefly through his
unwearied advocacy, went far to
smooth down the
acerbity of the
preceding years. With the
object of
aiding the
industry of wine-producing...
- role-models by Persius, who
critiqued his own
satires as
lacking both the
acerbity of
Lucillius and the
gentler touch of Horace. Juvenal's
caustic satire...
-
Aspidistra Flying "he
described it, or
revenged himself upon it, with
acerbity and wit and spleen". In
their study of
Orwell the
writers Stansky and Abrahams...
