Archive - Word & Song by Anthony Esolen

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Jul 4

It’s a fine thing to consider that words that seem to mean exactly the same thing do not really do so, because the shades are different, or one is more…

Aug 8

Director: Anthony Asquith

Aug 4

Peter Yarrow, Leonard Lipton

Jul 31

Henry Francis Lyte (1834)

Aug 9

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Aug 6

Word of the Week

Jul 11

Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Jul 14

Defending Boyhood Listen now (17 min) | From "Work to Do"

Jul 29

“He’s all talk,” we say, when we want to criticize someone who says a lot but never backs it up with action. “Talk is cheap,” we say, when we want to…

Aug 1

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Aug 10

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