Another instance of VN's use of this word -a memorably alliterative
and assonant sentence:
"His
constant companion in riparian pastimes was Vasiliy, the blacksmith's son..."
The Circle in A RUSSIAN BEAUTY AND OTHER STORIES, p. 259 (1973, 1st
ed.)
A.
Bouazza
Dictionary.com's Word of the Day for September 15
was "riparian"; one of the examples of its use is from a VN interview:
[What
about your social circle?] "A steady stream of brilliant American
intellectuals visiting me in the riparian
solitude of a beautifully reflected sunset."
-- Vladimir Nabokov, "Nabokov
on Nabokov and Things", New York
Times, May 12, 1968
The
interview, of course, appeared not in the New York Times, but in the New York
Times Book Review, and is one of those reprinted in Strong
Opinions.
Earl
Sampson
"The
most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious ... the fundamental
emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science." - Albert
Einstein (1879-1955).