Kipling, Rudyard

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An English author of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Kipling is known for his children's books such as The Jungle Book and Just So Stories; novels such as Kim and The Light That Failed; and poems such as “Gunga Din” and “The Road to Mandalay.” Some well-known lines from his works are “East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet” (see also “East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet”) and “The female of the species is more deadly than the male.”

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How to use Kipling, Rudyard in a sentence

But his conclusion is that Cicero and Kipling got something right.
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The shaky two-minute video shows Rudyard, Desmond, and Oscar, dressed in tiny bonnets, wrapped in blankets.
Parents of Stillborn Babies Post Hundreds of Memorials to YouTube|Brandy Zadrozny|November 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He loved Kipling, especially If, but Gunga Din most of all.
The Girl I Will Miss at Commencement|Robert Bookman|May 22, 2009|DAILY BEAST
In the spring of 1877 Mrs. Kipling came to England to see her children, and was followed the next year by her husband.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling

The winter of 1897-98 was spent by Mr. Kipling and his family, accompanied by his father, in South Africa.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
In the quotations from Shakespeare and Kipling, the opening sentences are the germ of what follows.
English: Composition and Literature|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
To show the use of adjectives and nouns in description, the following from Kipling is a good illustration.
English: Composition and Literature|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
There is a reason, however, why Kipling wished that last sentence to stand alone.
English: Composition and Literature|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster