Word: companionably
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Oxford's companion volume to the anthology of English poetry, which ranges from the medieval-lyrics up through the poets of the turn of the century, is as adequately and carefully selected as a collection with its purpose should be. No undue attention is paid to the Romantics, who for some anthologizers are the only English poets, yet no less than the fitting amount of contributions from their pens are included. The editors, both of the prose volume and its poetry companion, have done their work with great skill. Splendidly printed and bound in the Oxford blue and gold...
...These companion anthologies from the Oxford University Press are prefaced by their editors thus: ". . . We have treated ourselves to many old friends and private prejudices. And this is as it should be. An anthologist, however austere he may prefer to be, however much under the shadow of the classroom, is unlucky if, at the end of his labors, he cannot say, A poor unfavored thing, sir, but mine own." Heaven may forgive his indecision and the falterings of his taste provided he has kept the ardor of his heart...
Ever since 1927 various British boardinghouse-keepers have fed and housed Stuart and her elderly companion, Miss B. M. N. Morgan. "Three kings were her godfathers," Miss Morgan has explained to boardinghouse-keeper after breathless boardinghouse-keeper. "She is a Princess of the House of Bourbon. The estate will soon be settled up and she will...
...Sculptors (now defunct) that first brought Mexican mural painting to the world's attention, was expounding his theories. Up from a rear row seat suddenly sprang the best-known member of that syndicate, Diego Rivera, who yanked a revolver from his hip pocket, pointed it straight at his old companion-in-paint...
When Carl Raswan returned to Arabia after the War he was given as guide and traveling companion Faris ibn Naif es-Sa'bi, gentle-eyed, black-bearded Bedouin nobleman, "the truest friend I have ever known.'' With Faris he drove from Damascus over the hard, dry, gravel uplands in search of Amir Fuaz, witnessed the unfolding of Faris' romance with a young shepherdess, Tuema, encountered on the way. When the two travelers pledged Tuema their protection, she let them sleep in her tent without fear, knowing that they would not break their word. Later Carl Raswan...