Word: humors
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...relations of Edward of Wales with his sister were reported less cordial last week than is usual when his undoubtedly charming sister-in-law, the Duchess, is in London. Elizabeth, Duchess of York, is, by now, quietly well-known for her ability to get Edward into a good humor at family gatherings -especially toward Princess Mary and her husband, punctilious Lord Lascelles...
Lampy's sprightly jester grew tired the other night. His bells lost their occasional merry tinkle. His tongue refused to shape glowing, satirical, malicious phrases. Lampy laid himself down upon his not too smooth bed of humor, imbibed a long draught of sleeping powders, we presume, for nothing else could possibly soothe the torpid vapors of his mind. He pulled the too heavy coverlets of subdued intellect about his ears, and set the clock ticking backwards...
...realize that after all, humor is limited and minds even of jesters will grow tired. But may we offer a suggestion? It is not wise to make a clock tick backwards. The past cannot be idly conjured up. It would be better, perhaps, to reiterate time-worn subjects, and to wring out mirth from the present at the expense of other colleges, cities, and societies, than to revert to the past, and bring to light only stuffed caricatures...
...shake our heads over the prostrate form of a weary jester. Next month, perhaps, he will not have recourse to sleeping powders. Perhaps his humor will be spontaneous and fresh--perhaps Spring will offer prolific inspirations, for Cambridge Common is not so boundless
...mingled feelings of pleasure and envy (for I used to heel the News), it was a keen disappointment to me to pick up the first issue of the Crimson that I had seen in three years, and to see that the incumbent board is apparently devoid of sense of humor...