An Edwardian lady in full dress was a wonder to behold, and her preparations for viewing were awesome.
- William Manchester - In History
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Actors who have tried to play Churchill and MacArthur have failed abysmally because each of those men was a great actor playing himself.
- William Manchester - In History
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It would be inaccurate to say that Churchill and I conversed. Like Gladstone speaking to Victoria, he addressed me as though I were a one-man House of Commons. It was superb.
- William Manchester - In History
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The coconut trees, lithe and graceful, crowd the beach like a minuet of slender elderly virgins adopting flippant poses.
- William Manchester - In Nature
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