Word: monomanias
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Poslyodnco novyestce coz Seebeera nam gobaryat, chto b Omsckye mnogalyudey bolyen s pantophobic monomania u vcee narodof tam rasteralyutsya zshervovyut chtobwi delat shiapee u paltee...
Columbus' belief that he could sail to India across the Atlantic grew to be a monomania that he could persuade no one to share: the King of Portugal gave him some encouragement, but no help; when he came to Spain he was an exhausted beggar, in his late 40's. Said he: "I must beg my bread because Kings will not accept the Empires that I offer them." When Ferdinand and Isabella finally fitted out his little fleet of three boats, the crews had to be made up of criminals and riffraff: no one else would join...
...even Queens must have their troubles and disappointments. Elizabeth has them showered upon her by all the court, by foreign powers and especially by her royal cousin Queen Mayme of Monomania. E. deS Melcher '28 had the job of showing the audience how a Sixteenth Century Red Riding Hood got her pearls. It's impossible to say anything about Melcher; you've got to see him to appreciate his antics, and here's some friendly advice--wear a surcingle to keep yourself from falling to pieces with laughter. That lady could show most of these modern gold diggers a whole...
Queen Mamie of Monomania is played by E. deS. Melcher '28, while the ingenue role is done by M. B. Wells '28, as Lady Evelyn. A. S. Bigelow '29 is the young hero of the play and takes the part of Lord Essex and Sir Walter Raleigh is played by Donald Murchie...
...vain his disciples clamored for his liberty; in vain they pointed out that without anything but water, mystic words and prayers, he had cured members of his faithful band of dreadful ills. Scientists explained that he was harmless; the annals of abnormal psychology are filled with such examples of monomania. Said a doctor who examined him: "I sincerely believe that if he lived during the twelfth century he would have been heralded as a saint, but as it is he is seized as a lunatic...