Word: mellowest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...London. Age: 85. To celebrate, he published a 4,000-line, four-part poem entitled The Testament of Beauty, his first large work in 39 years. Of it, the London Times said: ". . . The outpouring of the accumulated wisdom, experience, scholarship and poetic craftsmanship of one of the richest and mellowest spirits of our time...
...mellowest mood, the Elder Statesman added: "Royal marriages for political reasons are out of date. Even a king has now the right to choose for his queen the woman that he loves. It is true beyond a doubt that all our people ardently desire to have a queen...
...England's mellowest legends concerns a Countess of Salisbury who found her garter slipping, in the merry, ardent days of Edward III (1312-77). Down and down slipped the garter until it tumbled before the knowing eyes of a pack of smirking courtiers. But Edward III, with instant chivalry, stooped, retrieved the ribbon, tied it just below his own royal knee, and exclaimed to the Courtiers in immortal reproof: "Honi soit qui mal y pense!" (Evil be to him who evil thinks...
...onetime Farmer Willard rather than present day Railroader Willard who talked to a congress of farm boys and girls in Chicago last week. True enough, he did mention railroads and urged the youths to acquaint themselves with national affairs, but his smile was mellowest when he told of farmhood. Said...