Word: born
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...happens that some decades ago†, it is unnecessary to say how many, a female child was born into an English family. She was christened Vera, and in due course of years she married and became the Countess Cathcart. The action of the story now comes to a time about five years ago. The Countess, leaving her wedded husband, took a journey to South Africa with the Earl of Craven. In due course Earl Cathcart divorced the Countess, naming the Earl of Craven as corespondent. There was, however, no "ever after" clause in the elopers' contract, and after...
Whether the possession of a more definite vocabulary will clear the "fog" of loose thinking is another matter. To a certain extent, loose thinkers are born not to be unmade. There are many people to whom intellectual curiosity concerning an implication they wish to believe, is a positive desecration. On the other hand, to those who are concerned with reaching convictions by conscious use of the syllogism, it will be very interesting to discover the whimsical tricks words can play in the mouths of other people...
...born and have always lived in Fall River; attended Westminister School for three years: went to Yale for fours years; rowed throughout my college career without the slightest distinction; in my Senior year coached the 1913 Freshman crew to a glorious defeat at the hands of the corresponding Harvard Freshmen; for two years was secretary of my class at Yale, but resigned, possibly to prevent being fired...
...moment of her birth coincided almost exactly with her father's entrance into public life. He had been a Deichauptmann; that is, he had been responsible for the care of the dykes along the Elbe. In 1847, one year before Maria was born, he was chosen as substitute for a representative of the lower nobility to attend the Estates-General, which that year assembled at Berlin. To Berlin he went. The rest is too well known...
Observers noted that the present Mexican constitution requires that clergymen of all denominations shall be native-born Mexicans. Presumably this clause is now being enforced for the first time at the behest of the extreme Nationalists...