Word: thou
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Later, Man. The beatniks were wise enough to rest their case heavily on respectable-but not square-lawyer Matthews, angel of the Gas House. Defending his friends (and his investment, such as it is), he argued that the beatniks were really harmless. "The fundamental rule," said he, "is 'Thou shall not bug [disturb] thy neighbor.' And we have three dirty words: race, creed and color. I'm not going to regulate people's mores . . . not even the winos'." As for the sound of the bongos, Matthews confessed that he was helpless to stop it. "Sure...
...Roman Catholic obligation to confess before receiving Communion. Confession, he felt, should be voluntary, and Christians must be clear that their absolution comes only from God; otherwise, he argued, confession becomes an instrument of oppression in the hands of the church. Luther's own formula for absolution: "Dost thou believe that my forgiveness is God's forgiveness?" (Penitent answers yes). "As thou believest, so shall it come to pass. By command of our Lord Jesus Christ I forgive thee thy sins in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost. Go in peace."† Despite...
...Roman Catholic formula: "May our Lord Jesus Christ absolve thee; and I, by His authority, absolve thee . . . inasmuch as in my power lieth, and thou standest in need. Finally, I absolve thee from thy sins, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen...
...king was strangely calm and compelling. Rarely was he moved to the familiar, passion-torn shrieks of other Lears. His fantastic monologues with himself sounded almost conversational: "Let the great Gods, that keep this dreadful pother o'er our heads, find out their enemies now. Tremble, thou wretch...
...when he has a short, forceful phrase to deliver. After murdering Duncan, he is told by Lady Macbeth to return to smear the grooms with blood; he strikes to the heart when he cries "I'll go no more!" and, shortly after, "Wake Duncan with thy knocking! I would thou couldst!" And on witnessing the Weird Sisters' parade of apparitions, he makes the most of that horrible, anguished shout, "But no more sights...