Word: casuality
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...remote is Hanover Square from the feverish doings of Wall Street that the casual visitor might leave with the impression that little business finds its way there. For such a visitor would not be likely to see the ringlike tables which themselves form a ring about Hanover Square...
...were generally those of people far more splendid than real ones, the impersonators, subtly identified with their parts, became themselves remote and dazzling creatures. They lived, one imagines now, in a labyrinth of complex and uncomfortable luxury. Their lovers were lords or poets and their love affairs were not casual encounters but tragedies as poignant and improbable as those through which they sighed and fainted on the stage. Even their indiscretions possessed grandeur and all their daring only added to their dignity. Thus with Bernhardt, Modjeska, Rejane, Duse, Rehan and thus with Ellen Terry, who, a Dame of the Grand...
...worships with a terrifying first love- Hague, whom Louise endeavors to ensnare with her ripe allure. But neither of them had reckoned with Hague's mature distaste for decadence, or with his vigorous taste for pastels. "Civilization" requires that sentimentality be curbed by humor, strong passion camouflaged by casual words. Author Meynell's is a civilized novel. The story of Claire's unselfishness is not cluttered with realistic details concerning Louise's husband who "had drifted into a discreditable way of life," Louise herself who "made all men feel a little virtuous who kept their eyes...
...said that the undergraduate, or the graduate as well, who is not at least acquainted with its history and rich traditional background, is lacking in a fundamental knowledge if not a thorough appreciation of the College. Nothing drives this home more forcibly than the annual Class Day. To the casual observer it might appear merely another day of meaningless jubilation and glamorous festivity, superficial and transitory. To the initiated, to those who can penetrate beneath the gay laughter, the forced smiles, the whirl and blaze of confetti and streamers, is revealed a deep insight into a romantic trend...
...Reticent, reserved, not many acquaintances, but a few intimate friends. Belonging to no societies perhaps. Carrying in his face the character so plainly to be seen there by the most casual observer, that nobody ever makes to him a dishonorable proposal...