Word: gaudiest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...written by Author Powys, the story of Hudson's voyages-these two to the U. S. and two earlier ones to the north of Europe-is an intimate and elaborate chronicle. All the familiar details of life that precede and accompany the gaudiest adventures, like the supplies with which a captain fills the hold of his ship before a long voyage, are carefully inserted by Author Powys. He tells how an Indian visited the Half-Moon above Manhattan, how the Indian stole a shirt out of the mate's cabin, and how the mate shot him dead...
...seven thousand centuries of China's glorious past, of Turandot's 13 suitors, headless now, who had dared desire her. A square out side the Palace with steps upon steps mounting the depth of the stage, the bearded emperor high on his throne, mandarins in their gaudiest best, eight wise men with their silken scrolls, are mise en scene for Turandot, cold, disdainful, asking her riddles, and, steps below, the unknown prince, prompted by love, guessing right. Then Palace Garden on a summer night - Turandot, icy still, unwilling to abide by the terms of her own contract, awakened...