ancestor of the rhyme was recorded in William Camden’s (1551–1623) Remaines of a Greater Worke‚ Concerning Britaine‚ printed in 1605‚ which contained the lines: "If wishes were thrushes beggers would eat birds".[2] The reference to horses was first in James Carmichael[disambiguation needed]’s Proverbs in Scots printed in 1628‚ which included the lines: "And if wishes were horses‚ pure [poor] men wald ride".[2] The first mention of beggars is in John Ray’s Collection of English Proverbs in 1670‚ in the
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The film‚ Once Were Warriors foregrounds the issue that Maori are a culture that has lost its way .The invited reading is that the Maori community deals with domestic violence‚ poverty‚ gangs and alcoholism. The film positions the viewers to believe that Maori men are violent‚ as the film portrays them in a negative way. By exploiting the representation that Maori men are brutal alcoholics and dangerous‚ viewers are positioned to agree with the expressions of the film. This representation is evident
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Purpose of Producing Suspense’. This essay demonstrates whether detective novels are composed backwards with progressive and digressive elements in order to produce suspense by looking at Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd and And Then There Were None‚ and Josephine Tey’s The Franchise Affair. Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd presents a murder at the beginning of the novel‚ and the story—through its narrator and detective‚ Poirot—attempts to retrace the steps that led to the murder; thereby
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If I were a bird If I were a bird‚ I would like to be one of the small species‚ cute and beautiful. I would love to be a tiny maina who is beautiful‚ tiny and above all‚ it is a bird that man can keep as a pet. I would love to stay with men‚ study their ways and enjoy their company. This I would be able to do with men as‚ God has given the maina a power of speech just like men. It talks like a human being‚ has a sweet voice and‚ above all also has a great capacity to learn whatever it is taught
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Once Were Warriors: “Once Were Warriors” by Alan Duff is a harrowing vision of New Zealand’s indigenous people two hundred years after the arrival of Europeans. In prose that is both raw and compelling‚ it tells the story of Beth Heke‚ a Maori woman struggling to keep her family intact‚ despite the filth and violence of her urban neighbourhood in which they live. Conveying rich textures of Maori tradition and the wounds left by its absence‚ Once Were Warriors is an engrossing novel of unblinking
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civilised were the Romans. This essay is about if the Romans were civilised or not. Civilised means to have a good culture and education‚ to treat people with respect‚ being tolerant-not violent. It also means to have rules‚ help others‚ be clean‚ be organised and being polite. The Romans were civilised in war because of the following answers‚ when they fought they had superior equipment‚ they had been well trained by a professional‚ they took advantage of their terrain and they were organised
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And Then There Were None Summer Reading Reflection And Then There Were None was a very interesting book. It was a very creative way to make something horrible entertaining. It has many twists and turns and the killer is who you would least expect it to be. And Then There Were None is a book that is definitely on the top of my favorite books list. There weren’t too many connections in this book‚ but I noticed a personal connection weaved into the book. Every time Vera Claythorne reacted to something
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If I were president‚ I would focus on the central issue that will carry this country into the future: education. Education is the reason we are living in such an advanced time. We have touch screen‚ motion activated‚ voice command‚ and all these amazing things and all we have to thank is education. It has been our roots and rocks for years‚ and should be for many more to reach our high point. Education‚ although a long-term investment‚ will benefit this nation better than bailouts‚ mandatory health
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Stuck on an island. All guilty of murder. Each are dying one at a time left and right. Who is causing all of this‚ why are we here? In‚ “And Then There Were None”‚ a fiction mystery novel by Agatha Christie 10 guests are invited to Indian Island. Each guest dies one by one and leaves the remaining guests in fear and suspicion. In this mystery novel‚ the main conflict is person versus person‚ otherwise known as the guests versus the murderer. All the guests that are invited to the island are guilty
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The Roaring Twenties were a time of economic prosperity‚ innovation‚ heightened consumerism‚ and personal liberation. However‚ the new era also brought much tension that resulted in increased segregation and anti-immigrant ideals. While the twenties are considered a decade of liberation for many‚ it was also an era of civil unrest. The cultural advancements and diverse social landscapes of the 1920s were shaping a new society that threatened old ideals and exacerbated cultural conflict from those
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