Word: anglo-saxon
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...England. He doesn't even die, after the reader is expecting it impatiently, so that the nice English family in the story can solve their financial difficulties with his money. And the head of the nice family, after refusing to be Uncle Bliss' English agent (for he is Anglo-Saxon and independent) comes home from France with the family and becomes Uncle Bliss' agent without a quiver. The book doesn't prove a thing: first impressions to the contrary, it doesn't even try to. Perhaps that is why it makes passable, sometimes delightful reading...
...professor it was, too, who was pursuing the even tenor of his lecture when a student raised his hand for a question and inadvertently he recognized him. The student asked his question and the professor turned to his notes. "It doesn't say," he admitted. More guarded was the Anglo-Saxon instructor who lost his copy of Caedmon and dismissed the class for a week...
...aesthetic issue: the contention is raised that the club should confine itself to music that allows it to roar like a lion at supper-time. There is an etymological issue which drags in the somewhat recondite but undoubtedly interesting fact that the word "glee" is derived from the Anglo-Saxon "gligg", meaning music...
Second only to the Nordic legend in much of our self-consciousness comes our linguistic pride in the English tongue. It lies at the base of what is commonly called Anglo-Saxon supremacy. And discussion of it would appeal to me, and I shall be sure to go to Sever 8 at 10 to hear Dr. Magoun in English 75. His subject is "English as a World Language...
...purpose of the League of Nations is to promote peace. This institution as it now exists is dominated by the Latin countries, especially France and Italy. The religion of most of these countries is largely Catholic. The influence of the Nordic races, in particular the Anglo-Saxon is not strong. England hardly feels safe as she stands now. We were lucky to have Germany join...