Word: benignity
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...with a spirit as benign as that of St. Nicholas himself that he recommends these lectures to his followers for this morning...
...this point a door opened and through it strode a tall, heavy man of magnificent carriage, instantly recognizable as John Pierpont Morgan. He was smoking a comfortably big meerschaum pipe, but his visage was not benign. He spoke: "This is an infernal outrage. . . . You fellows get along...
...spoke the jargon of the Coquillards, a medieval freemasonry of blackguards who systematically plundered, lechered, toped throughout France. He wrote vigorous verses, high poetry. Behind these two varying expressions was a weathercock temperament. Born in 1431, he was raised from the age of seven in the home of a benign Parisian priest. Francois took both the bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Paris. One midnight, when the priest had gone to bed, the student crept out the door, made his way to the Pomme de Pin. There he swilled many a mugful. With...
...Grand Trunk is James W. Blake, benign-looking, round-faced man who wears eyeglasses. His Order of the Elephants, which he founded, tries to spread happiness among business men. The only requirement for membership is to keep smiling. Lodges are called "tusks...
...entrance to Parliament lay through the drawing rooms." Dizzy saw to it he became the fashion. "It turned out I had a very fine leg, which I never knew before." So sought after was he, so gay and dandified, that benign Lord Melbourne was moved to inquire: "Well now, tell me,what do you want to be?"?"I want to be Prime Minister."?"No, no," Lord Melbourne replied with a sigh...