Word: venuses
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...That "Venus and Adonis" is an essay, written by Darwin on his theory of evolution, was one of the enlightening bits of information revealed in a recent Intelligence test given to members of sections in English A. The results of the test show a wide range of opinions in the Freshman class, together with the great American tendency to take a chance. Unique ideas were produced in almost every case where a difficult question was asked...
...Venus Anadyomene bends down Her head, clutching with both hands her heavy, falling hair. To make her silver body, marble takes on the smoothness of sliding water, the whiteness of the foam out of which she, long ago, once arose...
...itself around the dark rim of the moon, a glow from the sun at the inner ring, radiating outward in soft tints like a halo. Meanwhile, the sky is darkened and the stars are visible. Near the moon, and west of it, will appear a group of three planets, Venus nearest, then Mercury and farthest Jupiter. To be able to see Mercury with the naked eye is very rare, for its orbit is so near the sun that it is usually obscured by light when the latter...
...entertainingly told and charmingly illustrated. Almost simultaneously, there is announced the sale of a picture of Nell, an authenticated painting from the brush of Sir Peter Lely, chief court painter to Charles II. It was sold by Grosvenor Clarkson to Mary Coleman, Inc., and shows little Nell, as Venus, reposing naked on colored silk draperies, a cupid by her side. Her eyes and hair are brown, her lips ripely red, her flesh tones soft and warm...
...shades of Shakespeare and Dumas may rattle in their shrouds, or whatever it is that shades do, for the plotless young author now has themes about which to spin his tales. But to be a real best seller Venus must now pursue her young Adonis through the gashouse district of New York ringing police boxes, while in order to feature in the brilliant pages of "Worthwhile Stories", the modern D'Artagan must, before starting out to crown cardinals, drop a note on the sergeant's desk, 8th Precinct, City of Boston...