Through the years, though, the german was replaced by new and more popular dances, but in many instances the name stayed on.

“ But consider , Chiffie , the dislikelihood of her pleasing , ” said the noble courtier.

The term jingoist; or its equivalent, was applied to Washington and Henry, to Jefferson and Jackson. It was applied to James G. Blaine, the typical American of his time -- a man from beneath whose very toe-nails enough intellect might be scraped to make an hundred Clevelands or McKinleys. All were jingoes in their day and generation, because all preferred the title of sovereign to that of subject...

The idea that solar maculation depends in some way upon the position of the planets occurred to Galileo in 1612.