Basket-hilted sabres
Seems an odd juxtaposition, woven hilts for metal sabres, but I have a vague notion of having seen them in...
Champagne-bottle shoulders
What a charming if old-fashioned sounding description of sloping beauty, in this case referring to voluptuous Europa. Â And 'callipygous' describes...
Forest-haunting Lombards
This is part of a paean to the magic of the forest and the hold it has on our imaginations. ...
Bat-haunted cave
In general, I would run a mile from anything bat-haunted - apparently random, erratic flight patterns bring out some primeval...
The astonishing sound of Magyar
Having just returned from Budapest, I was happy to rediscover this galloping description of the way it can sound to...
Pickled inside and out
Here is a novel form of the elixir of youth - no magic potions, just preserved in brine and other...
Rough-hewn peninsulars
A rugged description of all-enduring peasants who survive in a brutal landscape.
'The three young fruiterers ... seemed queerly townish...
Ouzo-swilling fisherman
Leigh Fermor at one point starts day-dreaming he has discovered the rightful Emperor of Byzantium in the form of an...
Bruise-coloured clouds
A striking colour name, and particularly as I am now looking out onto ...
'... bruise-coloured and quicksilver clouds...'
...
Strip-cartoon dreams
Yes, you can picture a cartoon tramp dreaming of a spit-roasted chicken. And those six-on-a-spit rotating rotisseries of plump, golden...
Wide-skied and many-belfried
A lovely description of Suffolk, which I have seen echoed in the wide-skied landscapes of Norfolk. This was one of...
Glowing like a comet
Celebrity success à la 16th century - I only knew of Sidney as a poet and courtier but wasn't aware...
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