MDDM Ch. 71 Mr. Twiford's Seat

[Dave Monroe]

   "The Story among Dixon's Descendsnts will be that
Uncle Jeremiah wish'd to emigrate and settle here, and
that his Partner did not,-- tho' in the Field-Book, as
late as June 9, Mason is to be found rhapsodizing in
writing about Mr. Twiford's seat upon Nanticoke, as he
does thro'out the Book as to other Homes, other
Rivers, or Towns upon them." (M&D, Ch. 71, p. 690)

Main Entry: rhap·so·dize 
Pronunciation: -s&-"dIz
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Form(s): -dized; -diz·ing
Date: 1806
: to speak or write in a rhapsodic manner <rhapsodize
about a new book>

Main Entry: rhap·so·dy 
Pronunciation: 'rap-s&-dE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural -dies
Etymology: Latin rhapsodia, from Greek rhapsOidia
recitation of selections from epic poetry, rhapsody,
from rhapsOidos rhapsodist, from rhaptein to sew,
stitch together + aidein to sing -- more at ODE
Date: 1542
1 : a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation
2 archaic : a miscellaneous collection
3 a (1) : a highly emotional utterance (2) : a highly
emotional literary work (3) : effusively rapturous or
extravagant discourse b : RAPTURE, ECSTASY ...

http://m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?book=Dictionary&va=rhapsody

In blue?  "Slight variations in color of ink" (A.H.
Mason, "Introduction," Journal, p. 1) ...  

>From The Journal of Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon,
ed. A. Hughlett Mason (Philadelphia: American
Philosophical Society, 1969) ...

1768

June

9

Left Mr. Twiford's.  Situated on the most Rural and
delightful
Banks of River Nanticoke.  Here is the most pleasing
Contemplative
View I've ever seen in America ...

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