Word: breath
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...beginning of the fourth act, he is found in the deepest agonies of despair, for his kindled spirit revolts at sight of himself, as he really is. He at last recognizes the fiend in Dickon, revolts from his tutelage, breaks the pipe whose smoke has been the breath of his body, and falls at Rachel's feet, dying...
...breath of heaven must swell the sail or else the toil is lost...
...cordial terms in which the undergraduates are invited to the University teas at Phillips Brooks House, too many men who would enjoy these informal receptions if they attended, fail to respond. When Phillips Brooks House, tea, and members of the Faculty and their wives are mentioned in the same breath, signs of alarm appear. But those who have summoned up their courage and attended the teas in former years have not found them in the least formidable. On the contrary they have found an excellent opportunity to enter into sociable conversation with men whom they knew previously only...
...books have lately appeared in such quick succession that with each new one we are inclined to say. "This must be a pot-boiler," and then we take it up and to our surprise find again fresh, well-balanced work. "Admiral's Light" is no exception. It is a breath, all to short, of down-east air, tingling with the strong, salt flavor of sea-girt downs and long, pebbly beaches; a tantalizing glimpse of gray ocean and pine-clad islands. The story, as a mere story, amounts to little, but why should it? The book does not purport...
...carried away by the first rush of the great game of life. That is expecting you to be more than human. But I do ask you, after the heat of the game, that you draw breath and watch your fellows for a while. Sooner or later you will see some man to whom the idea of wealth as mere wealth does not appeal, whom the methods of amassing that wealth do not interest, and who will not accept money if you offer it to him at a certain price...