Word: knocken
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...nowe is al Reasoun disperplyd, for lo! ther rideth out of the Weste upon usse Sir Alaine the Ladd, whych is siccar the most onnatural knight that ever was my doole to see. Ho! Ho! For hee kann not gat his legs arounde a propre Hors, beeing knocken knee. Therfor muste an other ryde into battail in his stead, whiles hee sits pyght and pritty on a woodan tubbe ycovred in hors hyde, and doth preetende to make the onslaught-slishe! slashe!-a-straking o' the air on's Sworde, and a-brasting of's cheekes...
...when Actor Chaplin is hit on the head by a frying pan, which is tuned to D natural. Composer Willson thinks that Chaplin's longest (32 bars) melody, identified in the score as "Boulevardier," will be a hit. Other themes are called "Rape of Leeda," "Zigeuner" (gypsy), "Schweine-knocken" (pig's knuckles), "Pudding Mysterioso," "Empty Street Montage." One, the "Horse's Assmanship," is Charlie Chaplin's special tribute to Hitler. No one but Chaplin's staff has heard the full score of The Great Dictator. They think it is terrific...
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