Word: asceticism
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Henry Turnbull, the Rev. Hector's youngest, was thin, docile, an idiot to his family and the village. He ran errands, dug in the garden and walked, when not in demand, to South Egdon, for respite from mankind's puzzling beastliness. This he found in his only friend, Henry Neville...
So the physical department, puzzled, is seeking some keen observer who can chart and explain this sudden disappearance of high living, this rise of ascetic and meager lunches. The men at Hemenway wonder whether such a spectator is not even now writing a book on the subject. Its title, of...
And does the public applaud the Post? In its ascetic pre-Curtis days, its daily circulation was a meagre 32,506. This, while the fattening process began and the price went up to five cents, fell off to an average of 31,291 for six months ending Oct. 1. Of...
Then Dr. Seipel appeared to give evidence. In his breast was the bullet which Jaworek fired; in his soul was misericordia Domini. In the space of four minutes, this ascetic, pale and nervous priest said that his illness following the attack was in part owing to diabetes and that he...
In the growing prominence of Latin athletes Heywood Broun envisions the approaching displacement of the Spartan ideal of ascetic preparation by an Athenian regime of unrestrained living and joyous unconcern. The gloomy "Nos" and "Do nots" of Calvinistic coaches are to be replaced by red wine and an engaging spirit...