Word: asking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...very torrent, tempest, and as I may say, whirlwind of passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness. . . ." This line of Hamlet--or rather its general content, for an exact quotation would be a bit much to ask from one who has never taken English 2--occurred to the Vagabond yesterday as he looked at some drawings, illustrations for the Book of Job, Dante's "Divine Comedy" and others, by William Blake...
...Freshman committee is not alone to be blamed for the present failure of the plan. Two hundred names shows an encouraging interest, but it is ridiculous to expect or ask the Freshman class alone to insure a University dining hall. In the first place many of the first year men look forward to election to clubs in the fall and others entertain vaguer hopes. It is too much to expect men in this situation to bind themselves to a club table even for a half year. In the second place it is merely aphoristic to remark that before there...
...worried about Rita. He was sure that Solomon O'Cabot was his rival and on the fair way to be a successful one. He would ask good old John; John somehow knew about such things...
...Byrd, whose own wrist was broken (TIME, April 25) when the New York-to-Paris Fokker monoplane America turned turtle: "Davis and Wooster were my old friends. I am shocked beyond expression. They were brilliant, courageous air pioneers. The loss to aviation is irreparable. . . . They would want me to ask the people of this country not to associate the unfortunate accident of pioneers with commercial aviation, which puts safety first...
...York Times spoke out too, saying in connection with its employe's attempted exploit: "Though it may be true that a wise question is half of wisdom, it is also true that even a fool can ask questions which a wise man cannot answer...