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...pretty betimes, and, very merry, by foot to the office reading a Valentine: "I play for your heart, sweet one, Yet win it may I never do; For it isn't the prize I crave But only the game to pursue: La, la!" It be signed, "Fanny". But, bless my soul, I know no "Fanny". Yet if "Fanny" be as bad as her poetry, methinks nothing is missed...
Whereupon I took occasion to tell him of the noise and that I could not sleep in the Tower this morning but, bless my soul, he was not aware that this be the Vagabond's home these twelve years past. Whereupon he told me he had not been in the Tower since he himself was a student here; whereupon I, very proud, did invite him to visit it again. And he says: "Let's go now." He being a good man I could not refuse...
...whom we do acknowledge all faith and constant obedience with all hearty and humble affection: beseeching God, by whom Kings and Queens do reign, to bless (he royal Prince Edward VIII with long, happy years to reign over...
...seventeenth century most completely. Indeed, I did imagine many musketeers in the audience and the lady aside me was now dressed in many silks and lace and airs; but the lord still did seem a mean looker. And I was glad at my heart to see Sir Pepys (bless our souls!) who doth see the show for the first time and did laugh much at the lines...
While Americans may sit at ease and bless the fact that are separated from the theatre of European conflicts by three thousand miles of clear, blue sea, the fact remains that this country will soon embark on a program of re-arming that would surprise the most ardent militarist in the War College. The clouds across the Pacific loom too large to be ignored any longer. Investigations by the War Department have revealed only too starkly our utter unpreparedness and the inefficiency of much of our material. Both our war lords and the yellow press have hammered away...