Word: epithets
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...pure and natural to him. He had a genius for love. Robust, red-faced, scar- cheeked, with naked lids' over his dark eyes, Savel the sawyer settled in a cave after his acquittal, dedicated himself effectively to the needs of the love-starved peasantry, healing chiefly by the epithet "dearest," pronounced with a great compassion...
...epithet which is often hurled at M. Pierre Renaudel in the Chamber of Deputies. Indeed, before he entered politics and became a leader of the Socialists, he qualified for a veterinary surgeon, but never practiced...
Fortunate it is that these dormitories have escaped a stodgy and commonplace nomenclature, such as the epithet of Brown, Smith, or Jones, with appropriate initials. Lionel Hall has been particularly lucky in this way. It will always have about it the romantic tradition of the man for whom it was named, who in dying passed on his vision of Harvard...
Tucked away among the marriage and obituary notices of the New York Times was the headline: "Professor James Ward, Philosopher, Dies." It is apparently that epithet "philosopher" that has rewarded him with even those three inches of the Times' valuable space. Certainly it is doubtful if the editors would otherwise have noticed the passing of the author of "The Realm of Ends...
...Boston Herald referred to President Coolidge in a recent editorial as "the wise old President". Really, I prefer the simple epithet of H. L. Mencken, "Doctor Coolidge". Loyal Opposition...