Word: phrasings
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There are also on display several different editions illustrating the development of the story of Reynard the Fox. One of these, printed in England in 1701 is entitled "History of Reynard the Fox, Newly Corrected and Purged from All Grossness in Phrase and Matter." The other editions are in Latin or German...
...author of the phrase "cabbages and kings...
...that time the expeditionary forces of the Great Powers were fighting the Chinese in close co-operation-so close that the cry "Blood is thicker than water!" reputedly was voiced for the first time by a U. S. combatant rushing to aid some hard pressed Britishers. (The phrase had, however, been heard in the 17th Century...
...characters of this novel are articulate; they speak in conventional phrase, but the authoress has exhibited considerable dexterity in uncovering, sometimes gently, often ironically, what they really mean and what emotions within are contending with the sham of their spoken words. It has been Miss Parish's distinct triumph that she has accomplished this largely within the speeches of of the characters themselves, and has not resorted to tedious obiter dicta. Futhermore, she has decorated their halting or dissembling utterances with the impressionistic detail that filled their minds at the time,--the flowers on the table, a wide sweep...
...where, in translation and paraphrase, he brought to life moments and persons of high passion and beauty, each age with its own sharp flavor. Poetry being essentially a personal thing, none may credit nor gainsay Novelist Ford's estimate of Poet Pound. As criticism it is a foolish phrase. But it is certain that Ezra Pound is ... a poet that doth drink life As lesser men drink wine. He has been mad through the mountains of Cabaret with Peire Vidal, maddest jongleur of the old time. For the marriage at Cana in Galilee he has written a dance figure...