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Tag Archives: Christopher Morley
November 8: “Prope est a te deus, tecum est, intus est.”
Excerpted from Christopher Morley’s A Book of Days: Being a Briefcase packed for his own Pleasure: NOVEMBER 8, SUNDAY 1931 Non sunt ad coelum elevandae manus nec exorandus aedituus, ut nos ad aurem simulacri, quasi magis exaudiri possimus, admittat. Prope … Continue reading
November 7: “You are not a fish; how do you know that the fishes are enjoying themselves?”
Excerpted from Christopher Morley’s A Book of Days: Being a Briefcase packed for his own Pleasure: NOVEMBER 7, SATURDAY 1931 One day Soshi was walking on the bank of a river with a friend. “How delightfully the fishes are enjoying … Continue reading
November 4: “Everybody knows that hot rum and water is sovereign for a cold”
And so, on election day, here is some useful advice. Excerpted from Christopher Morley’s A Book of Days: Being a Briefcase packed for his own Pleasure: NOVEMBER 4, WEDNESDAY 1931 Everybody knows that hot rum and water is sovereign for … Continue reading
November 3: “How ruinous a farm hath man taken, in taking himself!”
Excerpted from Christopher Morley’s A Book of Days: Being a Briefcase packed for his own Pleasure: NOVEMBER 3 TUESDAY How ruinous a farm hath man taken, in taking himself! How ready is the house every day to fall down, and … Continue reading
A Book of Days for 1931 (Christopher Morley)
Christopher Morley was a journalist and essayist who is probably mainly known for his passion for Sherlock Holmes, but it was a long and fruitful career (speaking of Ginger Rogers, he wrote Kitty Foyle, which gave her an Academy Award). … Continue reading
