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...become your liege man of life and limb, and of earthly worship: and faith and truth I will bear unto you, to live and die against all manner of folks. So help me God." The Duke touched his sovereign's Crown, kissed his wife on the left cheek, then descended the five steps of the dais to his place on the left of the altar...
When they arrive, Sophie says, "How picturesque." Teresa adds, "And dirty. "Author Godden, tongue conspicuously in cheek, works every comic possibility in the confrontation of sentimental Sophie and the Kashmir peasants. When Sophie offers to give her servants a day off, they ask in astonishment, "But-for what?" and one of them adds crushingly, "Holidays should come from God." The whole social structure of the village is upset by Sophie's munificence, for though she considers herself poverty stricken, they are overwhelmed by her riches. Soon the situation turns ugly: she finds ground glass and belladonna in her food...
...letters were black-edged; many writers held tongue firmly in cheek. Someone sent in a printed circular which broadly hinted that Harvard students needed more meat to prevent rheumatic fever...
...resting on a practice-room floor. He began to stretch and ripple his muscles, then caught sight of himself in an imaginary mirror and went into a self-admiring performance. Ballerina Tanaquil LeClercq entered, joined in the mirror work. Eventually Faun Moncion turned and kissed Nymph LeClercq on the cheek. As if jolted by seeing each other as real people rather than mirror images, faun and nymph broke apart. She glided away, and he lay down for another rest as the curtain fell...
...piropo used to be one of the pleasantest professions of Latin America, and nowhere was it practiced more artistically than in Maracaibo, a city rich with oil and romance. A proper piropo, while flowery and fresh, was never offensive, e.g.: "Ah, to be the hand which powders that cheek!" But the worldwide lapse of good manners in the 20th century made the piropo bolder: "Say, baby, I'll be a citizen of your republic if you'll guarantee a direct vote...