gaggery

If the greatnesses are in conjunction in a man or woman, it is enough—the fact will prevail through the universe; but the gaggery and gilt of a million years will not prevail.

Preface to “Leaves of Grass,” 1855 1914

If the greatnesses are in conjunction in a man or woman, it is enough—the fact will prevail through the universe; but the gaggery and gilt of a million years will not prevail.

Preface, 1855, to First Issue of “Leaves of Grass,” Brooklyn, N.Y.. Collect 1892

If the greatnesses are in conjunction in a man or woman, it is enough -- the fact will prevail through the universe; but the gaggery and gilt of a million years will not prevail.

Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy Walt Whitman 1855

If the greatnesses are in conjunction in a man or woman, it is enough -- the fact will prevail through the universe: but the gaggery and gilt of a million years will not prevail.

Poems By Walt Whitman Walt Whitman 1855

If the greatnesses are in conjunction in a man or woman it is enough ... the fact will prevail through the universe ... but the gaggery and gilt of a million years will not prevail.

Prefaces and Prologues to Famous Books with Introductions, Notes and Illustrations Edmund Spenser 1730

Now the April Fools Day buzz has settled down and the persistent gaggery has gradually waned, it's time to reveal if you were April Fooled.

Shiny Shiny 2009

Now the April Fools Day buzz has settled down and the persistent gaggery has gradually waned, it's time to reveal if you were April Fooled.

Shiny Shiny 2009

with the toilet gaggery of, say, Grown Ups, is to see why today's movie comedians, and today's audiences too, maybe should consider investing in some DVDs and going to slapstick school with

Movie City News 2010