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  • He is most effective when dealing with works that are committed on the surface to an interest like his own in the history of modern aesthetics and its relation to contemporary culture: "Second Nature" on (Valéry) and "Sillies" (a review of the Cambridge of G.E. Moore and, incidentally, of Leonard Woolf's Sowing) are examples, and so is his rare combination of gossipy relish and diagnostic power in telling the story of the dancer Loie Fuller.

    à la Mode Poirier, Richard 1963

  • Pregame Sillies -- The Mad TV impersonator has been very funny, Jillian Barberie's outfits have been good, but her comedy's been indifferent -- she should work at scoring at least ONE one-liner per show.

    Archive 2004-01-04 Michael Evans 2004

  • I just enjoy the Sillies so, as they are so positive and up-beat.

    A quick review of Annecy 2006 Hans Perk 2006

  • Pregame Sillies -- The Mad TV impersonator has been very funny, Jillian Barberie's outfits have been good, but her comedy's been indifferent -- she should work at scoring at least ONE one-liner per show.

    Archive 2004-01-01 Michael Evans 2004

  • Pregame Sillies -- The Mad TV impersonator has been very funny, Jillian Barberie's outfits have been good, but her comedy's been indifferent -- she should work at scoring at least ONE one-liner per show.

    View from the Northern Border Michael Evans 2004

  • "Sillies some people make of themselves, don't they?" she said.

    Love at Paddington

  • _Clever Elsa_ and the Norse _Three Sillies_, although these tales are suited to slightly older children.

    A Study of Fairy Tales Laura F. Kready

  • Havana with a road production of The Sillies of 1492.

    Lady Luck Hugh Wiley

  • This version of "The Three Sillies" was collected from oral tradition in Suffolk,

    Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes Charles Madison Curry 1906

  • Henri Carnoy for the same privilege in regard to 'The Six Sillies' from La Tradition.

    Red Fairy Book 1890

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