Sentences with phrase «classic turn of the century»

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The humanist movement in its turn gave him a confidence in human culture, a love of the classics and a connatural feeling for language, for beauty in the form of words, and for words in their natural setting of everyday language that eventually flowered in the German Bible, a whole language coming both to birth and to a first apotheosis — a miracle of the sixteenth century to set beside the achievement of Shakespeare in England at the end of the century.

Disney almost ran its famed animation unit into the ground around the turn of the century with cheap sequels to classic films such as Pocahontas, The Little Mermaid and even Dumbo, leaving its reputation as a creative force in tatters.

-- «Cries and Whispers» (1972): This classic represents the height of director Ingmar Bergman's art, a study of three sisters in Sweden at the turn of the 20th century, one of whom is dying in a painful and graphically depicted way.

, Upton Sinclair's classic, 1927 novel, a turn of the 20th Century epic chronicling the life of a self - made, California oil tycoon.

A Vogue profile celebrating William's performance in «My Week With Marilyn» last fall mentioned that «one of her idols, an actress turned director whose memoir Williams had been carrying around with her wherever she went, offered her a role in an upcoming film adaptation of a nineteenth - century stage classic.»

Also on Thursday, at 6:50 p.m. at Alamo Slaughter, check out a double — feature of Toshiya Fujita's classic (and «Kill Bill» - inspiring) «Lady Snowblood» and «Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance,» about an assassin (Meiko Kaji) who, «hell - bent on revenge for the murders of her family, hacks and slashes her way to gory satisfaction in turn - of - the - twentieth - century Japan,» as the website puts it.

MYSTERIES OF LISBON By Tony Pipolo Raúl Ruiz turns a classic 19th - century novel into a 21st - century masterpiece

Chantilly, France is home to a sprawling château, painstakingly manicured gardens, and the Chantilly Arts & Elegance Concours, which descends upon this haven of serenity every September (the 2017 edition runs this weekend), dotting the grounds with an abundance of classic automotive excess, from remarkably preserved turn - of - the - century relics and elegant sleds from the golden age of coach building to 20th century supercars and future concepts.

Among the dozens of dusty, yellowing, fragile classics I own are two magic instruction books from the turn of the 20th century and a Collier's Unabridged Edition: The Works of Charles Dickens from around 1888.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith I'm lucky to have a long list of books recommended to me by my mom, but Smith's sublime classic — the story of a girl's coming of age in early 20th - century Williamsburg — marked a turning point in my reading life.

- Although Anna Sewell's classic paints a clear picture of turn - of - the - century London, its message is universal and timeless: animals will serve humans well if they are treated with consideration and kindness.

Inspired by classic, turn of the 20th Century British Colonial architecture, Point Grace is an extraordinary Caribbean retreat, located at the Point of the pristine award winning twelve - mile beach of Grace Bay, Providenciales in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

Appointed with custom - made furniture, woven textiles, frontier antiques and lavish linens, our Granite Lodge rooms find design inspiration in iconic western themes, such as the great turn of the century railroad hotels and the classic guns that helped win the West.

Walking by the Salon 94 booth, I heard the instrumental version of Dr. Dre's classic turn - of - the century banger «The Next Episode» play out of a ceramic boombox at a moderate volume.

Tiffany lamps are faithful reproductions of classic turn - of - the - century designs.