Similarly, it's hard not to love this book, which employs a diverse cast of characters ranging from C.S. Lewis and Emily Dickinson to Lily Munster and the Great Pumpkin to reveal the historical, hilarious, and even holy origins of the words we use, even though many of us have forgotten what they mean. Join Professor Esolen on this fun yet educational romp through 98 of your soon to be favorite words. -Learn how and why (to say nothing of when and where) to properly use the word-drunken.- (Hint: not to relay the fact that...-The bridegroom's mother has drunken awhole bottle of champagne, and is now drawing flowers on the floor with her lipstick.-) -Appreciate why you don't want Lily Munster to dust your furniture...at least not in theKing's English. -And seethe, along with Esolen and other lovers of beauty in language and liturgy, whenyou see how a mighty angel of God is reduced to the...
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