"Blarney Blarney () is a town and townland in County Cork, Ireland. It lies north-west of Cork and is famed as the site of Blarney Castle, home of the legendary Blarney Stone. Blarney town is a major tourist attraction in County Cork. Mostly people come to see the castle, kiss the stone, and to shop at the Blarney Woolen Mills. By kissing the Blarney Stone at Blarney Castle, it is claimed that one can receive the ""Gift of the Gab"" (eloquence, or skill at flattery or persuasion). The legend has several suggested roots, involving members of the MacCarthy dynasty –"
"piety humble and his faith fervently evangelical. For a time he came under Sandemanian influence, and when the Wesleyans entered Wales he took the Calvinist side in the bitter controversies that were frequent between 1800 and 1810. His chief characteristic was a vivid and affluent imagination, which absorbed and controlled his other abilities, and earned for him the name ""The Bunyan of Wales"". Evans is buried in the grounds of Swansea's Bethesda Chapel, it is believed to bring good luck if you kiss the headstone of Christmas Evans, making it the Swansea version of the Blarney Stone. His works were"
"Stone"" writer Rob Sheffield further noting that it created an ""air of melancholy"". Instrumentally it is complete with a heavy bass, sparse piano chords and guitars altogether creating a blipping, marching and parping beat. Kevin Fallon from ""The Daily Beast"" described the song's production as ""so bouncy it's almost coyish and flirty"" and added that it was a counterbalance to the ""raunchy"" lyrics. An ode to oral sex, ""Blow"" stands in line with the explicit theme of the album about frank female sexuality and eroticism. Lyrically, it refers to cunnilingus through heavy innuendos omitting subtlety; the lines ""Can you lick"
"noted that he deflected serious questions using ""a little humour and a good deal of bravado"". According to Gimson, Johnson was ""a humane man"" who ""could also be staggeringly inconsiderate of others"" when pursuing his own interests. Gimson also noted that Johnson has ""an excessive desire to be liked"". According to Purnell, ""[Johnson] is blessed with immense charisma, wit, sex appeal and celebrity gold dust; he is also recognised and loved by millions—although perhaps less so by many who have had to work closely with him (let alone depend on him). Resourceful, cunning and strategic, he can pull off serious"
"personal charm, but among his intimates he could let his inner sense of fun have full play or talk with distinction on music or art. He was a good public speaker and an excellent committee-man. An authority on children's and nervous diseases, a great clinical instructor and possibly the ablest physician in the history of Australian medicine he was honoured and loved by the whole profession. The great immunologist Sir Macfarlane Burnet found him 'a man of much wisdom and immense charm', but with 'a waspish intolerance of stupidity'. Additional References as given by the Dictionary of Australian Biography: Additional"
"described as striking in appearance, tall, muscular, with an unmistakably handsome boyish face. She is intelligent, funny, vulnerable, all at once and she does not apologize for being who she is: a three-dimensional character who is a butch lesbian, when lesbians in literature were rarely mentioned (if only in pulp fiction), and butch ones only as one-dimensional villains. Bannon's characters became archetypes in the lesbian community when there were no role models. As displayed in """", images of butch women were slightly less feminine than other women on pulp fiction covers. Indeed, the image on the 1962 Gold Medal Books"
"force behind her coming to the Abbey. Nevertheless he does not lack moral courage, as he shows with his marriage at the book's close. Frank Swinnerton considered that, as a teasing mentor, knowledgeable on female matters, Tilney might represent a disguised version of the author herself. Later critics, more cautiously, have seen him as representing in part the author's ""voice"". Sydney Smith, who is known to have overlapped with Austen in Bath at the close of the eighteenth century, and whose witty conversation resembles Tilney's, has also been seen as a possible model for the character. So too has Austen's"
"His enthusiasm, his brilliant intellect, the positiveness of his convictions, were singularly blended with a woman's tenderness and sympathy. Men who widely differed from him respected him, and those who had keenly felt his reproofs, loved him."" A letter published in England's newspaper ""The Guardian"" describes him as ""a brave American priest... he has left behind him as his monument in the history of the American church his devoted labors in Baltimore, his saintly life, his wonderful success in building up the spiritual fabric of the Church of Mount Calvary, and the many valuable agencies he has inaugurated... how many"
"cover of a White Stripes tune."" Russell Baillie from ""The New Zealand Herald"" opined that ""with her strong, emotive voice she nails it time and again, and with performances that aren't an excuse for the vocal acrobatic show you imagine this would have been had Stone been America's next bright young thing."" ""The Guardian""s Dorian Lynskey described her singing as ""rich, mature and agile but not showy"". Nick Duerden of ""Blender"" magazine gave the album three stars out of five and commented that ""Stone's voice is remarkably authentic, and the atmosphere she conjures is smoky and sleazy, pure mid-'60s Detroit."""
"Stone"", Fuse's Jeff Benjamin and Brennan Carley of ""Spin"" acclaimed the song noting its resemblance to Kygo's musical style. Brittany Goldfield Rodrigues from Andpop raved about the song's ""infectious beat"" and it's heartfelt lyrics. She further states that the track ""will give you chills, from the vocals to the lyrics."" Echoing the thoughts of Carley, Lewis Corner from ""Digital Spy"" called the track one of their most understatedly ""infectious bops yet,"" also complementing the group for not having suffered the dreaded second album syndrome, or sophomore slump, where the second album fails to live up to the standards of the"
"song uses ""an iron fist as a metaphor for [Hynde's] sexual clout."" ""The Rolling Stone Album Guide"" critic J. D. Considine describes the song as ""sassy"" and credits the band for ""putting bounce in each step"" of it. Author Simon Reynolds similarly describes Hynde's vocal as ""pure sass"" and ""a feline narcissism,"" noting particularly her ""lingering languorously"" over the words ""I'm special."" According to AllMusic critic Steve Huey, the backbeat ""meshes very nicely with Hynde's unshakable confidence, and the song never gets aggressive enough to break its charming spell or make her self-assurance seem implausibly idealized."" Huey also points out"
"and egotistical"". For Meade, Blavatsky had a ""vivid imagination"" and a ""propensity for lying"". Godwin noted that Blavatsky had ""a fearsome temper"". The religious studies scholar Bruce F. Campbell noted that she had been a ""strong-willed, independent child"", and that the harsh environment of her childhood may have resulted in her ""difficulty in controlling her temper and ... her tendency to swear"". In his opinion, she represented ""an archetypal charismatic leader"". Anthropologist Leo Klejn claimed that Blavatsky's indefatigability and energy were surprising. The Indologist Alexander Senkevich stated that Blavatsky's charisma exerted influence on Charles Massey and Stainton Moses. Blavatsky's sexuality"
"that the appropriate response to being groped was ""a slap in the face"" rather than a police complaint. Writing for ""The New Yorker"", writer Janet Malcolm gave a mixed review of ""The First Stone"". She called the book's narrative ""remarkable"", but also ""vertiginously turbulent"", and went onto criticise the approach Garner took towards the young women. In her review, Malcolm references a quote from the book, in which Garner fantasises about a ""less destructive response"" to the incident in which she confronts the Master, and tells him ""this time I'm prepared to let it pass"". Malcolm wrote that ""this is"
"Nell's language, making her comments more poetic then her usual dialect. Critic Lorna Bradbury noted how many of the scenes are ""wonderful"", each evoking further understanding of Brooke as a character. Joanna Briscoe also noted that the novel had a wonderful ""sense of time and place"" because it treats many elements unique to the period in the Britain very well, including Fabianism and class politics. ""The Great Lover"" also maintains a very vivid imagery and sensory elements related to The Orchard; as Vanessa Curtis of ""The Scotsman"" says, ""the fragrance of honey, apples and flowers suffuse the novel"". Sexuality is"
"album ""has bolder blues-rock and country undertones, and those platforms elevate the originality of Stone's raw talents."" He further stated: ""With her rich tone that is cut with a bit of rasp, Stone has the ability to inhabit songs the way good actors create characters."" Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic stated that ""Stewart is naturally reluctant to present Stone in a strictly soul setting; R&B is the foundation, but he dabbles in tight funk, folk, blues, Euro-rock, and modernist pop, giving ""LP1"" just enough elasticity so it breathes and just enough color so it doesn't seem staid."" Holly Gleason of"
"deep."" She later explained of the couple: ""Alas Hilary and Devon's story brought seeded a hope that brown skinned woman could be coveted by a brown skinned man, desirable, wanted and appreciated. Devon worshiped Hilary like a queen, a goddess. To see these characters show affection, to kiss was beautiful, a representation humanizing an experience rarely depicted, shedding light on Hilary and Devon as a phenomenon, as a promised beacon in the predominately white driven daytime world."" Ashley Dionne said that the pairing gave fans ""the audacity to hope."" While previous writing regimes did not recognize it, ""Devon Hamilton is"
"thoughtful, generous nature. She did not hesitate to do the smallest deed to the humblest person in any possible way. For if one does not possess these qualities in the small things in life she can never fully expand to the greater ones. Her personality was most charming, her smile an object of beauty. She possessed a ready and versatile tongue and pen. A letter from her was almost equal to a face to face conversation. She was at once graceful and gracious. By her ability, her oratory and her pleasing personality, she held the undivided attention of an audience…""(The"
"""rancidly vicious,"" and writes that ""this more intense rancidity works as a touchstone should, to prove the true gold of Rosalind's spirit"". John Palmer disagrees and writes that ""he must be either a true cynic or one that affects his cynicism to mask a fundamentally genial spirit"". Obviously, as Palmer continues, a true cynic does not belong in Arden, so the clown ""must be a thoroughly good fellow at heart"". Touchstone affects the front of a malcontented cynic, thus serving as proof of Rosalind's quick wit. When she confronts both Jaques and Touchstone, she exposes their silliness and prevents the"
"other princes feared and obeyed him. It also states that he was ""shaped like the god of love"", and ""playfully decorated the faces of the women of the quarters with the sandal of his fame"". The inscription also praises him using vague phrases, such as ""a touchstone to test the worth of the gold of the regal order"". The 1002 CE inscription describes him as the Sun and the pearl-jewel of his family. It compares his archery skills to that of the legendary hero Arjuna. It praises his modesty and generosity, and calls him the ""delight of his subjects"". The"
"effusive personality, and partly because of his interests in scientific matters. Henry Stubbe called him ""the very Pliny of our age for lying"". He lived in a time when scientific enquiry had not settled down in any disciplined way. He spent enormous time and effort in the pursuits of astrology, and alchemy which he studied in the 1630s with Van Dyck. Notable among his pursuits was the concept of the powder of sympathy. This was a kind of sympathetic magic; one manufactured a powder using appropriate astrological techniques, and daubed it, not on the injured part, but on whatever had"
"reader how those disabilities can be overcome. Animals are also a recurrent theme in her stories, with many books set on or near ranches. ""Romantic Times Magazine"" describes her novels as ""moving, heartwarming...celebrat[ing] the ideals of perfect love in an imperfect world. Her characters are complex, often conflicted individuals who triumph over substantial odds."" Reader acclaims describe her books as funny, delightful, heartwrenching, beautiful, superb, and of classic proportions. Her later novels, including ""Sun Kissed"" and ""Morning Light"" have reached the top 5 and 10 of the New York Times Bestseller List. She has been nominated nine times for Romantic"
"was clean and strong, with barely any grit, well suited to the songs of love and aspiration. [ ... ] Hers was a voice of triumph and achievement, and it made for any number of stunning, time-stopping vocal performances."" Mariah Carey stated, ""She [Whitney] has a really rich, strong mid-belt that very few people have. She sounds really good, really strong."" While in her review of ""I Look to You"", music critic Ann Powers of the ""Los Angeles Times"" writes, ""[Houston's voice] stands like monuments upon the landscape of 20th century pop, defining the architecture of their times, sheltering the"
"gift—a voice of exceptional range, natural elegance, and lucent tone. Gliding toward high tenor, plunging toward deep bass, the magisterial portamento of his onward-coursing baritone emits white-hot sparks and torrents of blue, investing his poison love songs with a tragic gravity and inflaming his celebrations of the honky-tonk ethos with the hellfire of abandon."" In the ""New Republic"" essay ""Why George Jones Ranks with Frank Sinatra and Billie Holiday,"" David Hajdu writes: David Cantwell recalled in 2013, ""His approach to singing, he told me once, was to call up those memories and feelings of his own that most closely corresponded"
"described as a ""genial 17-stone bear of a man."" A student of astrology and zodiacal physiognomy, Varley held a strong belief in the existence of spirits, but was frustrated by his inability to see them. Thus he was drawn to Blake, who claimed to have seen visions daily since when as a small child he had seen a tree ""filled with angels, bright angelic wings bespangling every bough like stars."" The two would often gather late at night in Varley's house, and played a game in which Varley would attempt to summon the spirit of a historical or mythological person."
"insular arrogance and condescension. As he describes them: 'They love fine social distinctions and divisions and are snobbishly wedded to an antique system of caste and class ... They are aggressively practical and philistine, with a loud contempt for anything that smells abstract or theoretical. They are a nation of moneygrubbers and bargain-hunters, treasuring pennies for treasuring's sake...When it comes to sex, they are furtive and hypocritical - and their erotic tastes are known to be extremely peculiar. Many Englishmen will pay a woman to take their trousers down and spank them...For the most part, though, the English, both men"
"Kiss"" received positive reviews from critics. Alex Henderson of ""Allmusic"" praised the ""vocal power"" of the group, commenting that they could ""hold their own against most of urban contemporary's secular female vocal groups"". Henderson also compared ""The Kiss"", musically, to the works of ""secular female vocal groups"" such as ""Destiny's Child, Brownstone, En Vogue"" and ""TLC"", in that it ""is urban contemporary/neo-soul with hip-hop elements"", but was keen to stress that ""it does combine an urban contemporary/neo-soul groove with a gospel message"". Henderson also commended ""the expressive singers"" for not being ""in-your-face"" or ""divisive"" about explaining ""why Christianity works for"
"man who was England's answer to Allen Ginsberg...I met him when we were on tour and he took me back to his apartment and I had a girl and he had one he wanted me to meet. He said she dressed up in polythene, which she ""did"". She didn't wear jack boots and kilts, I just sort of elaborated. Perverted sex in a polythene bag. Just looking for something to write about."" The song is sung in a very strong Liverpudlian ""Scouse"" accent. He has also described the inspiration for the song as a ""mythical Liverpool scrubber dressed in her"
"complex figure who could change moods quickly. Although he could be friendly off the field, he became hostile and determined once he stepped onto the field. At his memorial service, he was described by Hubert Ashton as being ""provocative, austere, brusque, shy, humble, thoughtful, kindly, proud, sensitive, single-minded and possessed of immense moral and physical courage,"" and Frith argues that these varied qualities are easily proven by what was said about him. Harold Larwood maintained great respect for Jardine, treasuring a gift his captain gave him after the Bodyline tour and believing him to be a great man. Jardine showed"
"the kind of erotically charged language and overflowing with innuendo."" Stevens makes a reference to the story's text to support this theory: ""When once this fancy had begun to hang about him he welcomed it, persuaded it, encouraged it, quite cherished it, looking forward all day to feeling it renew itself in the evening, and waiting for the evening very much as one of a pair of lovers might wait for the hour of their appointment...Withermore rejoiced at moments to feel this certitude:there were times of dipping deep into some of Doyne's secrets when it was particularly pleasant to be"
"having ""a hefty dose of soul that many of their Top 40 contemporaries, most of whom are a lot older than they are, lack."" Christina Lee, from Idolator called the song ""explosive"". Lee also noted the equal distribution in vocals, saying the group ""exchanged the vocals in a way that each member is heard, but in subtle and unexpected ways"". In a positive review, Jenna Rubenstein wrote on the MTV blog that ""we effing loving it"" and also complimented the single's ""shiny, polished pop beat"" and lyrics. Examiner and ""Billboard"" named the single a ""pop kiss-off anthem"", with ""Billboard"" writing"
"his father. He is very motivated by money and status like his father and would think nothing of burning someone if it meant he would get ahead."" Network Ten describe the character. as having the charm and confidence others find intoxicating. They also add that he has a gift of an ""inexplicable ability to make anyone he's talking to feel like they're the only person in the room."" They also comment on how the character longs for his father to take notice of his actions and how much he wants him to notice him as a would-be businessman. ""Holy Soap"""
"""Paste"" described the album as ""a full-tumble of relentless musicianship, grit and soul"" and compared it to Dusty Springfield's 1969 album ""Dusty in Memphis"". She later concluded that ""[i]n a world where machined dance fodder, rap-deckled pop and lumbering rawk dominates, a genuine article of soul music—especially one where the thick bass, tumbling Wurlitzer and bright guitars set the tone—is a joyous noise, indeed."" ""The Guardian""s Paul MacInnes believed that the album is ""proficiently played and Stone's voice has a range and tonal dexterity that few of her peers possess"", but ""the final product is so familiar and so shorn"
"Kot opined that the same two songs were the ""weakest cuts"", adding: ""Otherwise, the disc is a tour de force of acoustic-tinged savagery and slumming sexuality, particularly the gleefully flippant 'Stray Cat Blues.'"" Larry Katz from the ""Boston Herald"" called ""Beggars Banquet"" ""both a return to basics and leap forward"". In his 1997 review for ""Rolling Stone"", DeCurtis said the album was ""filled with distinctive and original touches"", and remarked on its legacy: ""For the album, the Stones had gone to great lengths to toughen their sound and banish the haze of psychedelia, and in doing so, they launched a"