Word: forgiven
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...technique equal to his ideas. It is refreshing to hear a pianist who uses his technical proficiency for musical purposes only, and not to dazzle the audience. There were occasional fluffs, but in view of the tremendous task Aitken has set for himself, they can easily be forgiven...
...Francis, without St. Ignatius! Men will not live without vision; that moral we do well to carry away with us from contemplating, in so many strange forms, the record of the visionaries. If we are content with the humdrum, the secondbest, the hand-over-hand, it will not be forgiven...
...even today?' 'Yes, I know it and I expected a spear between my ribs yesterday, especially when I was baptizing your young men.' 'What would you have done in such a case?' 'During the service I would have done nothing and would have forgiven those who had speared me.' 'Hm, hm, but afterwards...
...matter of handkerchiefs were London's arbiters of gentlemanly elegance inclined to be lenient. Of course two handkerchiefs a day ("one to show, one to blow") was still the ironclad rule, but in a pinch, Savile Row's spokesmen agreed, a hard-pressed gentleman might be forgiven for using yesterday's shower for today's blower...
Perhaps some of the poetry is too bright for our modern, well-lit stages. But much can be forgiven Mr. Fry because his play is such delightful entertainment. Some suitable quotations seem here in order...