A warm, vital amusement, as well as a resigned fatalism, shine through that simple curtain line: "Ah, well.
To my eye his expression is not "haughty and elevated," but rather one of warm, curious amusement at finding himself willy-nilly in such a situation at age 70, the portrait having been commissioned by Harvard and paid for by student subscription as thanks for and commemoration of his having built the Student Union.
After passing through the jail's initial checkpoint (where a sign said: "Who is in the middle of SECURITY? UR!"), the actors gathered in the gym, rehearsing swordplay and doing vocal warm-ups to the amusement of some officers.
This prompted wry amusement around the ground.
That fatal charm pervades the show like Stubbs's warm tallow, with innocuous zoological amusements on the walls: the Duke of Richmond's bull moose; a monkey with peaches; the winsome chorus line of foxhounds, dog, bitch, dog, bitch, dog.
And his rapport with the audience was charmingly warm-hearted with a tantalizing hint of amusement.
But even as he puts in 10 hours in his workshop on some long, warm days, he wonders about the future of the amusement park his pasture has become.
I remember fleeting moments, such as flying high above the clouds on an amusement park ride and swimming in a warm lagoon.
As with much of the British seaside, tourism has been thinned by cheap air fares to Spain and other warmer destinations, leaving behind seaside towns with old-fashioned amusement arcades, grandmotherly B & B's and tacky antiques stores.
I had hoped this would be a warm, fuzzy application, a way for parents to feel better at an amusement park".
Many said the storefronts of shops like the bakery seem designed to feel homey and warm, a place to relax away from the cacophony of the nearby amusement park.
