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...contemporary poetic diction, which takes account of the machine and the effect of machinery upon modern life. There is mention, for example, of 'petrol pump,' 'hangar,' 'filter,' 'magneto,' and other technical expressions. Dr. Johnson's strictures on this kind of poetic diction appear in his discussion of Dryden's "Annus Mirabilis," and though they posses a universal validity, they do not apply, with any exactness, to Day Lewis, for that poet has worked them into his verses in such a way that they do not stand out as novel words which detract therefore, from the meaning of a passage...
Excerpts: "In the year of my advent upon these scenes, the annus mirabilis 1880, they took but $78,094,687 for flogging the elements into 15,065,767 pupils, which worked out to but little more than $5 per capita per annum. ... In 1914. the year of fate, there were 26,002,153 boys and girls in the schools, and making them fit for democracy cost $555,077,146 . . . four times as much as in 1880. . . . But then the pedagogues began to fall upon the taxpayer in real earnest, and presently they had him down and were turning his pockets...
...escape a throng of their well-wishers by a service elevator, the aviators now visiting Boston will have memories of a trip that was exciting if not always comfortable. Not that theirs is an exceptional case, for the past year has given the public many victims, but even an "annus mirabilis" with repeated offerings of heroes cannot state its appetite...
John Gay's autograph appears on the fly leaf of Dryden's 'Annus Mirabilis' of 1667, and of a 1662 Elzovir edition of Pierre Charron's 'De La-Sagesse.' It is also signed to the manuscript assignment to Jacob Tonson and John Watts of his rights as author of the 'Fables' and the 'Beggar's Opera,' dated February 6, 1727. The poet's signature is not easy to find, but infinitely scarcer is that of 'L. Bolton' the Duchess of Bolton who was once Lavinia Fenton, the creator of the part of Polly in the 'Begger's Opera...
...good report through faith, and who in their faith in God and in hope for men have made Alma Mater their almoner in encouraging the young men of each successive year. Thus far in the history of the world, the year 1903 has been the best year, the annus mirabilis. It is your good fortune, young gentlemen, that you will always name this date as a central date in the history of your lives, in the history of this College. And you will remember in your thanks to God, you will remember in your hope for your country, you will...