Word: calicoes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There have been several casting changes. The role of Mr. Hyde was played by three different actors in one week. Even the calico cat, who won a much publicized open casting call to be the Hansons' pet, was sacked...
...their sick with old Arab concoctions of medical herbs unrivaled in our village or in any of the neighboring ones. We buy a big jar of treacle and return home. Behind her I trot along?a small dark boy, barefooted and wearing a long Arab dress over a white calico shirt?with eyes fixed on the jar of treacle, a treasure won at last...
...after "drinking early and freely of the waters," Fithian sortied out among the wooden cabins in the village to see if he had any acquaintances among the crowds gathered for the season. That night he observed "a splendid ball," as well as games of whist, five-and-forty and calico Betty. When he sought some night air out among the bushes, he was a little surprised to see "amusements in all shapes ... constantly taking place among so promiscuous a company." Fithian went to bed soon after midnight, but he could still hear "soft and continual serenades" outside "different houses where...
Points to the last sibilants Of invading beef and calico...
Unable to penetrate her mystery, (So easy to look at/So hard to define) he can only, in true poet's fashion, give her names--"sweet virgin angel, sweet love of my life...scorpio sphinx in a calico dress...glamorous nymph with an arrow and bow"--and finally, simply, ask of her, "Don't ever leave me/Don't ever...