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Word: breakfasting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...array upon his stage of words; and yet he offers clues to imagination for the rest that give if life. Prolixity at time intrudes; and his inordinate concern for their domestic trivialities is sometimes tedious and a bit absurd--bathos, perhaps. Consider Gabrielle's expostulating with the guest at breakfast for lax appreciation of the trout...

Author: By M. P. B., | Title: CRIMSON BOOKSHLF | 5/26/1923 | See Source »

...What a Wonderful Thing True Love Was (he was then engaged to somebody else who ditched him later) made Flavia decide to dress up in masculine tweeds and take a look at this Earthly Paradise he talked about. She found the scenery marvelous, but everybody drank Scotch before breakfast-and Druro, who failed to recognize her in her knickerbockers, was on the way to seeing purple elephants. So she rescued him, after many struggles and an incidental murder-her sex was finally discovered and the mystery of her past cleared up satisfactorily -and she and Druro, presumably, settled happily down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Season's Leviathan-- A Study of the Passion for Things Present and Things to Come | 5/12/1923 | See Source »

This afternoon at 1.45 o'clock, the Reverend H. H. Tweedy will speak in the Randolph Breakfast Room on "The Y. M. C. A. Conference at Silver Bay". This is a convention composed of students who meet at Silver Bay every year to discuss student problems from the point of view of religion. Dr. Tweedy will explain the profit that comes to anyone attending the Conference, and will also elaborate on the attractions and opportunities for recreation at Silver Bay. The meeting is open to all members of the University who are interested in the Y. M. C. A. work...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TO DESCRIBE SILVER BAY WORK | 5/11/1923 | See Source »

That in itself is no great matter, but it is an almost insurmountable obstacle to his possible candidacy in 1924. Now if he steps into the political limelight, the cry of his enemies will ring out: " Behold the Tool of the Sugar Trust! Lo, the Enemy of the American Breakfast Table...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Suicide | 5/5/1923 | See Source »

...train will arrive at Princeton at 8.45 o'clock this morning. After breakfast at the Cap and Gown Club both crews will engage in a light workout on Lake Carnegie at about 11 o'clock. Another light row will be held in the afternoon, while the men will also hold a short practice tomorrow morning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CREWS ROW TWICE ON LAKE CARNEGIE TODAY | 5/4/1923 | See Source »

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