Word: ancient
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...predicted by the late Charles Fort, when the years B. C. and A. D., lumped together, will be referred to as the period B. W. (Before Witchcraft), professors of the new regime will, like the ancient alchemists, need paraphernalia to advertise their trade. Post-Einsteinian runes will decorate their doors, philosopher's stones, alembics, superhuman skeletons their cells. From their ceilings (relatively) will hang dried four-dimen-sional alligators-their entrails furnished by alligator-stuffers like Author Fort. Some fine wads of his superior stuffing are to be found in this book...
...acre, or in all $500,000. Rich is the House of Liechtenstein, but such a sum represents more than twice the annual public revenue of the Principality of Liechtenstein. Few doubted that what Czechoslovak papers called their Government's "generous offer" will have to be refused by the ancient, snowy-bearded prince...
Average Occidentals who possess an old piece of almost any kind of Oriental pottery are apt to believe firmly that it is "antique Satsuma." Connoisseurs reject as probably spurious any large piece, since the ancient Satsuma craftsmen whose work is so highly prized confined themselves almost exclusively to small pieces distinguished first by their lustrous glaze, second by the extreme thinness of the hairlike crackle lines and finally by the jewel-like glow and brilliance of the minutely intricate enamel painting. Nearly all "antique Satsuma" sold today is spurious, distinguished first by lustreless colors which result from artificial aging...
...Cabinet Baron Yamamoto, the Home Minister, is a Satsuma. In Japan it is an axiom that "The Home Ministry makes the election." Why did the Son of Heaven consent to a Satsuma in this key post? Court gossip had it last week that Emperor HirohitO' and his ancient adviser Prince Saionji, 83, had both been swayed by another adviser who is the Son of Heaven's close friend, Count Makino, Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal-a Satsuma...
...Baron interests himself in Alison and his friend Ballater, pedrsuades them to leave the fortress on parole, live in a cottage on the baronial estate. In the ancient van Leyden Library Alison can pursue his studies undisturbed. But beautiful Julie, now married to a German, von Norwitz, off fighting in the War, soon disturbs his contemplations. She is restive and Alison soon becomes so. There is more philosophy in her glowing eyes then in all this books, more in her sudden kiss than he supposed all life could contain...