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Thence to the stable to fetch Rozinante: "Rozinante, noble steed, together today we do our deeds. But first we eat!" All day long did ride Rozinante. All day long without a deed--until: "Goest thou my way, Noble Knight?" "Thy way, fair damsel, is my way. Whither?" "Thence, oh no, not to Emerson, surely not. This before us be a castle. So approaching little by little to the drawbridge I to check Rozinante; and did rest awhile to see whether or no any dwarf on the battlements gives warning that we three did approach; but seeing the dwarfs stayed...
Down came the storm, and smote amain The vessel in its strength; She shuddered and paused, like a frighted steed, Then leaped her cable's length...
There was a recent color page advertisement put out on behalf of a promising young manufacturer we might as well call Ford, by one of the biggest agencies in the country, that had the most incredible mistakes so far as the polo background was concerned: the noble steed shown was some curious kind of saddle horse, the tack might have come as a premium for Spratt's dog food, the helmet was an invention of the artist, the sideboards had posts on the inside of the field, and so forth...
...leaders I have interviewed over Bennett's volta face is amazing. . . . The London Times, always friendly to Bennett, has the briefest possible outline of his speech and obviously regards it as an election measure of little importance. . . . The Manchester Guardian doesn't mention it. ... I told Wickham Steed [scholarly editor emeritus of the London Times'] that Bennett had attacked individualism in business and requested a comment. He replied, laughing, I can't speak on things I don't understand, and I don't understand that...
...playing and singing the Caballero de la Triste Figura. He was getting $200,000. To look more like the lank old knight he had dieted and exercised to reduce his barrel figure. Spectators on location noted that the fastidious singer-actor Flitted daily the ribby old horse playing his steed Rosinante (TIME...