Word: bohemia
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...pseudo--or "sham"--Bohemian can only be regarded as a lost one. Perhaps his perversity is in a masochistic love for Bohemia's punishment. He will never be a real Bohemian because some day he will return to class-conscious society. In Mr. Brunner's athletic terms, he is indeed "a fake quick kick" against a society which will one day welcome him back as a Prodigal...
...resources of Widener Library are scarcely more helpful. There is about half a drawer of cards on "Bohemian" and most of the books are published in exotic Slavic languages. The inestimable William Dean Howells boldly commented: "To explain what Bohemian meant, or what Bohemia was... no one can quite do." And the New York Times cautioned its readers in 1858 that Bohemians are "seductive in their ways, and they hold the finest sentiments. The Bohemian cannot be called a useful member of society." Throughout history, people have seemed reluctant to explain the phenomenon of the Bohemian...
...Name of Almighty God Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Empress of India; His Majesty the Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia; His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Bohemia, etc., and Apostolic King of Hungary; His Majesty the King of Spain and in the name of the Queen Regent of the Kingdom; the President of the French Republic; His Majesty the King of Italy; His Majesty the King of The Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, etc.; His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias; His Majesty the Emperor of the Ottomans...
Died. Baron Constantin von Neurath, 83, onetime (1932-38) German Foreign Minister, who became "Protector" of Bohemia and Moravia in 1939, was replaced by Reinhard ("The Hangman") Heydrich (1941) after a wave of unrest; of a heart ailment; at Enzweihingen, Germany...
...this manner, Perles, a Vienna-born writer, makes his bid to be an official court jester and chronologer to the King of Bohemia; he spent five months in his prize panjandrum's presence at Big Sur to put finishing touches to the only autobiography of Henry Miller not written by Henry Miller...