Word: pompousity
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Soon the reading of the roll of classes, an affecting ceremony to be sure, but rather pompous and tiresome methought. On to the Meeting House, in great procession, at the head of it all and followed by a fine band of music. Lord, how we did marvel to see the church so crowded, the galleries filled with the beauteous ladies of the Commonwealth. Came then events of no great importance until the rendering of a fine ode by a gentleman from Charleston, South Carolina. The first line was, "Fair Harvard, thy sons to thy jubilee throng," but the remainder...
...casting, an august reverence for Empire. U. S. audiences, whether they have read English history or not, will have some idea of it after they have seen John Knox (John Laurie) preaching in Whitehall Palace yard; Edward Seymour (Felix Aylmer) passing sentence on his brother Thomas (Leslie Perrins) ; the pompous details of a 16th Century beheading...
...opportunity to be omitted from the volumes, or to be described in a very good light, in return for a cash payment. Harriette, even when her professional career was in full flower, had wanted to be a writer. But the highbrow novels and plays she turned out were affected, pompous, unreadable. When she slapped out the 250,000 words of her Memoirs for a despicable purpose, writing about the life she knew best in language that was appropriate to it, she revealed a genuine literary ability, a keen sense of character, a sharp eye for the stupidities of the gentlemen...
...pompous parvenu, Carl Milles was amused last week when a woman, after carefully inspecting his Indian God of Peace, somewhat resentfully asked: "Is that thing made of soapstone...
...their feet jumped the Members of Parliament, cheering Premier Baldwin to the echo. Before the press gallery had recovered from its amazement at this, the first official mention of Italy in the House as a possible British adversary, pompous, paunchy Sir Thomas Inskip, newly appointed Minister for Defense Coordination, was up, waving a sheaf of papers in one hand, reporting on what he has so far accomplished to get Britain ready for war. Naval Building. The Admiralty has asked for $51,500,000 beyond its original estimate of $349,650,000 to build two battleships, five cruisers, nine destroyers...