Word: misbegotten
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Scrymgeour is pronoonced Skrimjer as it was when th' Heilanders defeated th' Sassan-ach at Bannockburn. aye an' at Prestonpans ferbye (an' if ye dare mention Flodden Field or Culloden, I'll slit yer throats wi' ma rusty Claymore an' feed yer misbegotten flesh tae th' Eagles...
...Hardy Family, Love Finds Andy Hardy rises above the standard not only of its predecessors but also of most of its producer's most expensive features. Its numerous faults-the assiduous overacting of Master Mickey Rooney, frequent instances in which bread-&-butter comedy falls butter side down, a misbegotten musical number for a climax-serve mainly to emphasize its cardinal virtue, of preserving intact the mood and flavor of ordinary life in an ordinary U. S. town. Humor of the Hardy family chronicles is based principally on the pleasures of recognition. By the time Andy (Mickey Rooney) leads...
...save wine from the greedy budgets and siccant reformers. Imposts, tariffs, taxes, embargoes must fall to make way for the return of Falernian and Caecuban. Propaganda must teach the gospel of Bacchus, and the world be taught again to hold precious the gifts of the god. Meanwhile, liqueurs, the misbegotten brats of Mercury and Ceres, hold sway. Men drink, but they feel the touch of Circe's wand, not the warming joys of gentle Liber. The noisome juniper has dethroned the luscious grape...