Saturday, October 30, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Rascalion:
One of the lowest of people.
That proud dame
Us'd him so like a base rascalion,
That old pig - what d'ye call him - malion.
That cut his mistress out of stone,
Had not so hard a hearted one one.
-Hudibras, p.i
That proud dame
Us'd him so like a base rascalion,
That old pig - what d'ye call him - malion.
That cut his mistress out of stone,
Had not so hard a hearted one one.
-Hudibras, p.i
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Ouphe:
A fairy; a goblin.
"Nan Page and my little son, we'll dress
Like urchins, ouphes, and fairies, green and white."
-Shakespeare
"Nan Page and my little son, we'll dress
Like urchins, ouphes, and fairies, green and white."
-Shakespeare
Friday, October 15, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
Politician:
A man of artifice; one of deep contrivance.
"If a man succeeds in any attempt, though undertook with never so much rashness, his success shall vouch him a politician, and good luck shall pass for deep contrivance; for give on any one fortune, and he shall be thought a wise man."
-South
"If a man succeeds in any attempt, though undertook with never so much rashness, his success shall vouch him a politician, and good luck shall pass for deep contrivance; for give on any one fortune, and he shall be thought a wise man."
-South
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Saturday, October 2, 2010
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