Like Douglas Southall Freeman's more floridly written Lee's Lieutenants, Lincoln Finds a General is essentially a study in command.
Instead, most begin by floridly invoking the help of what at least one refers to as "the Great Legislator of the Universe.
His floridly written catalog pulled in a cult following--and $75 million a year in sales--by hawking evocative clothing, furniture and collectibles to upscale shoppers.
Oregon no longer needs to fret Rose Bowl TUCSON, Ariz. -- If you wanted to floridly imagine a cosmic wrath exacted on Oregon on Saturday by the slighted Rose Bowl in Arizona's 42-16 whipping of the Ducks, you would note that the Wildcats were clad head-to-toe in rosy red while they posted their first win over a top-five team since 2007. It would be ridiculous, of course, to further belabor De'Anthony Thomas' and Josh Huff's ...
Nov. 24, 2013 - ESPN Blogs
James Herriot in Newsweek ...office in his great 1972 book All Creatures Great and Small: "Some of the bottles on the shelves fell short of the ethical standards I had learned in college. Like the one labeled 'colic drench' and featuring a floridly drawn picture of a...