Nonetheless, a certain rakish splendor hangs over those who refuse to calm down, shut up, or grow up.
"Shooting the Jesters," by Anthony Lane: "A certain rakish splendor hangs over those who refuse to calm down, shut up, or grow up".
And although the tall colorful stems have a certain weedy splendor, chard has flowers that only a seed saver could love.
There is a golden sunburst from the private chapel of a Naples family that gives their bed a certain Nativity-like splendor.
E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet HOLIDAY MUSIC — CLASSICAL "MESSIAH" The St. Thomas Choir, which plies its noble trade in the luxuriant Anglican splendor of its eponymous church on Fifth Avenue, has always set a certain local standard for the "Messiah" because of its direct connection to the finest traditions of English music-making.
HOLIDAY MUSIC — CLASSICAL "MESSIAH" The St. Thomas Choir, which plies its noble trade in the luxuriant Anglican splendor of its eponymous church on Fifth Avenue, has always set a certain local standard for the "Messiah" because of its direct connection to the finest traditions of English music-making.
I suppose it has a certain charm, and the linens are finer and chandeliers sparkle, but it feels like faded splendor to me.
You may have noticed a certain type of ad on Facebook or, if you take it, the New York City subway, in which an everyday consumer item is presented in minimalist splendor: mattresses (Casper), rolling suitcases (Away), tampons (Lola), razors (Harry's).
Long Island was the setting for the novel, but discovering what's left of its 1920s Gold Coast splendor — either the real thing or Fitzgerald's vivid gilt invention — is as much a job for a receptive imagination as it is for a Google map with a homing device directed to locate a certain green beacon.
