Word: taverne
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...women, children died because of them. The only really successful Crusade was the first, the one Author Lamb tells about: "... a migration, and a journey, and war. All kinds of people joined the marchers, lords and vagabonds, weapon men and peasants, proud ladies and tavern drabs. ... On the shoulders of their jackets they wore a cross, sewn out of cloth, and because of this they were called the cruciati, or cross-bearers." The Turks called them Franks, because most of them, especially in the First Crusade, were French...
Dennis King, however, is a mild disappointment. His voice is faultless enough to be sure, but as an actor Mr. King is not a success, and woefully overdoes his part. His antics in the tavern are but a poor imitation of Douglas Fairbanks with far too much waving of arms and too many scowls of the vintage of 1900, and as the poor-but-honest king for a week, the reflection of John Barrymore is equally unimpressive. All the laurels for individual presentations go quite unchallenged to O. P. Heggie who gives a thoroughly convincing and extremely clever portrayal...
Novelist (The Broughton House), essayist (The American Mind), biographer (Walt Whitman, Whittier), he is a sparkling ingredient of Boston's erudite Tavern Club. There, in the little Colonial clubhouse hiding in a courtyard behind the Teuraine Hotel, he converts fellow members to the Americanisms and poetics of Walt Whitman. With Professor Charles Townsend ("Copey") Copeland he attends the club's dinners, carrying lighted taper in hand, singing "Wreathe the bowl with flowers of soul," and wearing a bright-hued vest with evening dress. To recognize the decade in which a member was admitted, each Tavern Clubman sports a dinner waistcoat...
Novelist (The Brought on House), essayist (The American Mind), biographer (Walt Whitman, Whit tier), he is a sparkling ingredient of Boston's erudite Tavern Club. There, in the little Colonial clubhouse hiding in a courtyard behind the Touraine Hotel, he converts fellow members to the Americanisms and poetics of Walt Whitman. With Professor Charles Townsend ("Copey") Copeland he attends the club's dinners, carrying lighted taper in hand, singing "Wreathe the bowl with flowers of soul." and wearing a bright-hued vest with evening dress. To recognize the decade in which a member was admitted, each Tavern Clubman...