Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Daily Dose

From The Death of Adam: Essays on Modern Thought, by Marilynne Robinson

PRIGGISHNESS

"This fine old English word, of no known etymology and therefore fetched from the deep anonymous heart of English generations, is a virtual poem in the precision with which it expresses pent irritation."

From Puritans and Prigs

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