He stirred his audience with a paean to organised labour , and fumed about the negativism of his republican opponents : " they talk about me like a dog , " he said .
And it becomes clear that it is also a prose paean to the accumulated detritus of an old society with a well-recorded history and a keen interest ( some would say an obsession ) in preserving its past .
But sit down and read the lightly written book from cover to cover and it becomes clear that it is also a prose paean to the accumulated detritus of an old society with a well-recorded history and a keen interest ( some would say an obsession ) in preserving its past .
A moving paean to a vanishing pastoral england , an enlightened manifesto for female emancipation and a bold challenge to the realist novel - the rainbow , like its equally controversial sequel women in love , is remembered by most of its readers for the sex .
Not surprisingly , mr bush did plenty of crowing : " there is one undisputed leader in the world in terms of economy , and that 's the usa. " but beyond the boilerplate paean to tax cuts , his speeches this week were notable for their broader perspective .
In wrapping up a paean to president obama 's oratorical skills , former u.k. prime minister gordon brown said , " when he speaks , he gives listeners confidence -- not in him , but in themselves .