Word: doth
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...WHAT DOTH IT PROFIT A MAN, headlined a front-page Union Leader editorial, signed by Loeb, accusing Powell of "disloyalty and ingratitude" to Bridges' memory. "Disloyalty and ingratitude are two of the worst of human traits," wrote Loeb. "We firmly believe that the reason for Governor Powell's decision was based on a peculiar streak that runs through his nature . . . a vindictive streak. It also is highly egotistical...
...parents will return from the movies, he replies: "Not till the witching hour methinks, or worse. For no more will th' embattled hombres make their peace in the mesa'd West, their smoking armaments put by, than Cary Grant will post him through such feats as Hitchcock doth concoct." Pretty chilling, but De Vries really sets in a little later when a maiden solemnly informs her swain that "It would be terrible to be regarded as a child-bearing machine...
Winter is icummen in, Lhude sing Goddamm, Raineth drop and staineth slop, And how the wind doth ramm! Sing: Goddamm Skiddeth bus and sloppeth us, An ague hath my ham. Freezeth river, turneth liver, Damm you, sing: Goddamm...
...like poets (Keats: "It is astonishing how they raven down scenery like children do sweetmeats"), playwrights (Shakespeare's Juliet: "No man like he doth grieve my heart") and grammarians (Bergen and Cornelia Evans: A Dictionary of Contemporary American Usage) should...
Dear Tod, we like your savoir-faire Direct and deft and debonair. No pitch, no plaques, no benefits, No Ladies' Aid, no worker kits. Half-Nelson tactics aren't your dish You twist your ring and state your wish. The genie hears: Voila, a champ. The oil doth pour from Nelson's lamp...