(8) When algebraist William Oughtred in 1631
rhapsodically recounts the eclaircissementhe enjoyed as he developed notational means of expressing geometric concepts, he sounds much like the poet in Paradise Lost dismissing his self-pity at the loss of literal eyesight because he has found a much more far-reaching sight of the mind.
Ambassador Sam Zakhem
rhapsodically recapped, Weyrich "represents the caliber of speaker that is needed at this post--and, I will presume, most posts in this area--in addressing political concerns." (24) The IPF founder combined "academic" knowledge of the Right with his role as a "practitioner." He thus, in Zakhem's words, "brings a wealth of experience, enhanced by knowledge, to his audiences.
Unlike Cass, who begins the play outside the fourth wall and later vanishes into her
rhapsodically improvised memories, Judith's character is most realized in her musical party pieces and alcoholic episodes, when she is perhaps farthest from the "reality" of her social milieu.
I know full well that to speak
rhapsodically about the Internet is to be marked a fool.
English-speaking folks, including Britain's Prime Minister, David Cameron, who published a piece in The Views section of Gulf News last Tuesday, have written
rhapsodically of the Bard's "universal" appeal; how he enchants people in countries all over the world; and his talent for dramatising the timeless truths of the human condition.
(B3r-v) "Themes," as documented in Tarltons Jests (c.1600) and Robert Armin's Quips Upon Questions (1600), was a staple of the clown's postludic repertory, in which he took the stage solus to versify on prompts called out at random by individual playgoers, either
rhapsodically or in dialogic, rapid-fire skirmishes.
In addition to seeing each dish prepared in the show's crucible, we see it beautifully plated and watch the judges eat and wax
rhapsodically (or not) about its merits.
David Lehman remarks in the Introduction to The Best American Erotic Poems that "it is not a surprise that poets would write openly and
rhapsodically about their sexual lives and dreams.
So when baby boomers and Gen X'ers start waxing
rhapsodically about their old-time favorites, wanting them to come back, it's the equivalent of wishing that musicvideos would come back to MTV.
There are many writers who can wax
rhapsodically about childhoods fed on the unmatchable ethnic cuisine of their ancestors: "I can still see my grandmother, the senior borscht cook, with an enormous, steaming pot in her hands, wobbling from the kitchen out to the yard, sweat drops sliding off her forehead and into the borscht for that special final touch" Some fewer also pass through a period of adolescent cynicism that includes organizing artsy, confrontational scenes ("Even better, we could do the whole opening in complete darkness, except for a few stray dogs with flashlights attached to their heads"), eventually reaching a state of amused maturity ("Only later would I understand that we were our own stray dogs ...
Jacobs waxed
rhapsodically about the benefits of mixed-use neighborhoods because varied uses attracted "eyes on the street" to deter crime, (71) So, for example, she argued that bars should reduce residential crime because they bring people to the neighborhood, (72) Similarly, one study found that small businesses serve as both "watchers" of their surroundings and as central nodes of communication about crime, (73)