Word: adoree
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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"Praise the Lord. Ye Heavens, adore Him," sang the assembled august company as the christening came to an end. Heavy with the awful responsibilities incurred through being christened, the royal babe was borne away. Like many a cotter's offspring in similar circumstances, she was unabashed.
In the nursery, the Queen could at least thank God that she was screened from the public gaze. In an Anglo-Saxon atmosphere, she brought up her Anglo-German-Spanish children. Did she tell them bull stories? Most probably. But atavistic influences did more and today, if the Spanish in...
Dear People, dear Folks, I adore you.
*Zoroastrians named in the Bible are Cyrus, Darius, Xerxes. The prophet Isaiah speaks of Cyrus as he "anointed" of the Lord. The three "wise men" who came to adore the Child Jesus are supposed to have been Zoroastrians.
With all Oxford "down" for the Long Vac, it is customary for old men and fawning boys, bespectacled spinsters and enquiring teachers to desecrate the hallowed precincts of the University with their well-meaning, but incongruous, presence. Many matters are decided during this terrible interregnum, all of which, fortunately, are...