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Word: artless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...constant company is a slim siren of sophisticated manner. This only makes it harder for primitive Hula to capture the cold Englishman engineer who shaves every day, even in the jungle. To add to her difficulties, the thin-lipped Nordic already has a wife, who refuses a divorce. The artless child overcomes all these obstacles, in spite of the fact that until the last reel, she wears no Parisian gowns but appears only on horseback, in the jungle swimming pool, in a hula custume, or (when her dog scampers into the Englishman's room and she gives chase...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Pictures: Sep. 12, 1927 | 9/12/1927 | See Source »

...which are deposited the Remains of a young Lady, whose artless Beauty, innocence of Mind, and gentle Manners, once obtain'd her the Love and Esteem of all who knew her, But when Nerves were too delicately spun to bear the rude Shakes and Jostlings which we meet with in this transitory World, Nature gave way; she sunk and died a Martyr to Excessive Sensibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FICTION: Pangs of Gianthood | 2/7/1927 | See Source »

...POOR NUT- An artless tale of undergraduate days wherein the Phi Beta Kappa man turns out to be a gorgeous athlete...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: The Best Plays: Jul. 13, 1925 | 7/13/1925 | See Source »

PIGS-A thin and amiable tale of young people on a farm, their fortune, their artless love affair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: The Best Plays: Apr. 20, 1925 | 4/20/1925 | See Source »

...Such an artless man is Mr. Byrne, he can tell you a simple story in no time. Later, as you think back, the setting deepens, the figures grow, you do not forget them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life | 4/13/1925 | See Source »

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