Dust-choked gullet
A grasshopper's whirr, trilled from his 'dust-choked gullet', being interpreted by the hearer, as the green creature builds and reinforces...
Eyes like …
I have never seen violet eyes, though I have a recollection of someone describing Elizabeth Taylor's as being of this...
Dead or alive?
This marvelously stark encounter with a dark stranger proves to be Orlando's first meeting with the man she will marry. ...
Genius as lighthouse beams
An interesting metaphor to describe the haphazard workings of genius, appearing like a beam illuminating the surrounding darkness at intervals,...
Blotted images and spotted mirrors
An original way to convey a flawed image, likening it to the spots you used to find on old mirrors,...
A space filled to repletion
I like visual and typographical playfulness, and here in Orlando the point about economy in language is underlined not with...
Wide-cheeked monster
Orlando accompanies his beloved Sasha back to the Muscovite ship, and soon loses her below deck. When searching for her,...
On the Elizabethans and book learning
I have no idea if this is a fair appraisal of the Elizabethan stance on book learning, but I have...
Cream-coloured ponies
These ponies trot up to Orlando's front door within days of the many court cases arrayed against her over a...
From tapers to tinder
I loved this description of a young boy going to all lengths to be able to read as much as...
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