Word: elme
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Lemuel Sears is "old enough to remember when the horizons of his country were dominated by the beautiful and lachrymose wineglass elm tree and when most of the bathtubs one stepped into had lions' claws." From his comfortable apartment on Manhattan's East Side, he regards contemporary life with as much equanimity as his traditional tastes and Protestant values will allow. But when a pond in his daughter's village is rezoned for dumping, ruining his weekend ice skating, Sears gets mad. He hires an environmentalist to fight the despoliation. He also, unexpectedly, begins an affair with...
...Rursdael's heroes were not the men and women of Holland, but the country itself; the rolling and woody terrain, the castles, cities fields rivers and the sea. He is famous for glorifying trees and windmills making these subjects the principle figures of his works. In A Blasted Elm with a View of Egmond aan Zee the city serves as a backdrop to the twisted and torn elm in the foreground. Ruisdael's most famous painting. The Windmill at Wijk bij Duurstede, may be as close to portraiture as Rusidael comes--with a three quarter profile of a windmill...
...After tea, the bugle sounded under the Rebellion Tree [an elm in front of Hollis], when 41 out of 70 bound themselves by an oath that they would not return to order till the four expelled members were recalled and Woodbury sent from the College." They also pledged that if Woodbury appeared next morning in chapel, they would not only remove him, but they would "thrash him severely...
Fitzwilly's. on Elm St. was a little too chic for our tastes, and a little too crowded. The food is moderately priced and pretty good, but after about 10 p.m., you don't have a prayer of reaching the bar. You only know Fitzwilly's is Fitzwilly's if someone tells you so, because the sign outside says only "This is a Restaurant." Sound silly? Case Closed...
...Yale Daily once described Rudy's located on Elm St. as the "ultimate rowdy drinking place, carved up tables, varsity pictures and all." We tend to agree. Go here and gloat if Harvard wins, stay away if we lose. This is where you will find the Eli football team after the game, so gloat cautiously...