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“SMITHAREEN, n. A fragment, a decomponent part, a remain. The word is used variously, but in the following verse on a noted female reformer who opposed bicycle-riding by women because it "led them to the devil" it is seen at its best:The wheels go round without a sound -- The maidens hold high revel; In sinful mood, insanely gay, True spinsters spin adown the way From duty to the devil! They laugh, they sing, and --ting-a-ling! Their bells go all the morning; Their lanterns bright bestar the night Pedestrians a-warning. With lifted hands Miss Charlotte stands, Good-Lording and O-mying, Her rheumatism forgotten quite, Her fat with anger frying. She blocks the path that leads to wrath, Jack Satan's power defying. The wheels go round without a sound The lights burn red and blue and green. What's this that's found upon the ground? Poor Charlotte Smith's a smithareen! --John William Yope”
Ambrose Bierce
“I think that the staff are all very well versed in the process and in this particular nominee, but so are the senators. I think you will see, and already have seen, quite a lot of support out of the senators.”
Don Stewart
“They all always start as an acoustic, living room chorus-and-verse kind of idea.”
Dave Dombroski
“BLANK-VERSE, n. Unrhymed iambic pentameters --the most difficult kind of English verse to write acceptably; a kind, therefore, much affected by those who cannot acceptably write any kind.”
“not versed in international relations and not too much interested in them either.”
Lawrence Wilkerson
“I do not like your Bible verse, It makes no sense, it is too terse, It is devoid of all context, What will your Holy Book say next? I do not like your Bible verse, it seems to go from bad to worse”
Niall McAuley
“Shelly knew I was well-versed in pulp magazines, with their strong plots, and that's the type of stories All-American was doing.”
Julius Schwartz
“A tympanic resonance, so rich and overpowering that it could give an air of verse to a recipe for stewed hare.”
John McPhee
“I'm probably not well-versed enough on the process other than to think that the way this team has been playing the last three or four weeks, I find it hard to believe that we're not one of the top 34 teams around the country. It's just going to make for a long week, I can tell you that.”
Jim Les
“I couldn't believe verse was supposed to be hard. It was a snap for me. I loved Shakespeare.”
Ted Lange
