Word: gorgeousity
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Pierre de Ronsard, "Prince of Poets," bright, particular star of the Pléiade,* who that is not French remembers him? How he hymned the Bourbon monarchs in the voluptuous vernacular of the French Renaissance; how he invented gorgeous adjectives and ingenious flowers of imagery to describe the monarchs' wives and female friends; how he (mythically) quarreled with Rabelais over a point of style; how Queen Bess of England sent him presents where he dwelt in his fine chateau, fattening on the income from rich abbeys and priories; how Mary, the little prisoner queen of Scotland, addressed him from her dungeon...
...first time in the U. S., Jenufa, opera by Leos Janáćek, Czecho-Slovakian composer, was given at the Metropolitan. Grand were the persons of the cast; gorgeous the scenery; the music clever, racy, innocent of melody. In the title role was yellow-haired Maria Jeritza; Mmes. Margaret Matzenauer and Kathleen Howard and Messrs. Rudolf Laubenthal and Martin Ohman supported her. A grand house applauded. Critics commended. Plot. In a Moravian village lived Jenufa, the prettiest girl in the countryside, in whose grey glance lodged witchery. She was loved by Stewa, village stew, and by his brother Laca...
Preceding him rode in one long, gorgeous procession the representatives of the City Guilds, the Army, Navy and Air Force, the fire brigade, countless bands, etc. Then came the City Marshal, "an official chosen for his handsomeness," on a fine, prancing horse. Among the thousands upon thousands of people who lined the streets to witness the show the usual comments at the expense of the Marshall were heard: " 'E don't 'arf fancy hisself, don't 'e," yelled a shrill female voice. "Chuck it, Liz," growled her young man. "Jus' look at 'is 'at," shrieked the damsel. The crowd looked...
...Coach. This magnificent coach, built in 1896 as a replica of the famous coach used since 1757, is made of wood, ornately carved and gilded and hung from leather straps. Drawn by six horses, driven by two powdered, white-winged coachmen and with powdered footmen hanging on behind, the gorgeous coach bore the Lord Mayor on his way to receive recognition from the Justices acting in the King's name. The Lord Mayor then returned to the Mansion House (his official residence) ; and, in the evening, the usual and historic banquet was given at the Guildhall...
...place of the gorgeous toilettes and magnificent uniforms worn in the Tsar's time, men and women came in street dress, a few in evening clothes. The fashion among the women was said to be sweater, blouse, skirt...