Word: beds
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...inauguration, hardship to sit in the heated convention hall. The altitude made him short of breath; and the honors that were heaped upon him were arduous. He had to attend receptions, luncheons, banquets without end. One evening, having retired early, he was aroused from his bed at 10 p.m. by two generals sent by the President to invite him to a banquet; and he rose and went. On another evening, though not feeling well, he refused to cancel an engagement to attend the opera. And afterwards he fell...
Bright and early one morning la grippe took a firm hold on him, kept him in bed for several days. The malady was accompanied by a swelling of his right leg, which he was forbidden to move; but his general condition improved rapidly, mainly owing to his Herculean constitution...
...certain bed, in a certain hotel, in a certain part of Paris, Sir Hari...
Every so often a tired rider would wheel out of the pack or "jam," dis- mount, reach for food, seek his bed and sleep. His partner would be waiting, mounted, at the trackside, when he came; would pump off, catch the pack, then circle, circle, circle until hunger and fatigue brought his turn to lie down...
...came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon...