Word: ce
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...make war?like a mad bulldog-walrus-tiger all rolled into one! Strangely enough, his pessimistic worldly philosophy caused him to deny explicitly on one occasion that God inspired the almost religious Crusade which he made out of the War. He gave the credit to the Spirit of France: "Ce n'est pas Dieu, c'est la France qui le veut...
...Coolidge attended a luncheon given by the Girl Scouts at "Little House," scout headquarters in Washington. The pièce de resistance was a Vermont turkey, raised, transported, cooked and served by Leona Baldwin, 13, scout of Montpelier, Vt., who afterwards wept in excitement...
...probably die away in short order. Nevertheless it is a sign that the crown and the sceptre still occupy an important place in the German mind, despite the smug assurance of the American press in the universal popularity of republicanism been overthrown by a majority of their subjects. The Ce man revolution was no exception to this rule, for it was effected by a minority party, the Socialists, and acquiesced in by the rest during that period of national demoralization which followed the unsuccessful termination of the war. Since that time the monarchial reaction has been steadily growing...
Sailing on the Paris, M. Caillaux was intercepted and honored by a British squadron off Plymouth. In the early dawn his terrified fellow passengers: rushed scantily clad upon deck. "Est-ce encore la guerre?" they demanded, wild-eyed. It was M. Caillaux receiving a thundering British salute of 21 guns...
...classicism was made-the rendering of Chausson's Chanson Perpétuelle by Mme. Stanley, supported by a stringed quartet. "Very bad," said Critic Deems Taylor of this departure. But for the works august, sedate, all critics had praise. The chamber music of Haydn was the pièce de résistance. Next to the master, Beethoven, the darling of those who attend the Society's concerts is that same Croatian Kapellmeister, who, when about to compose, donned white tie, stiff shirt, suave black coat and worked by candlelight that the formality so delicately affected...