Word: charming
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...know, works very diligently over his, pays particular attention to the rhythms and rhymes, is a meticulous versifier. Don Marquis writes in more robust mood. Arthur Guiterman is especially facile. His verses move rapidly. I imagine he writes them rapidly. That is often their chief charm as well as their great fault...
...present visit to this country is purely a holiday one, but the charm of it is enhanced by the manner in which it is being received in all quarters. I thank you all very much. EDWARD...
...very pleasant person though technically not a fine actress. Since she is not called upon to do any special acting herein, the question will probably not be solved until next season. By that time, so many people will have seen and fallen captive to her naive and witching charm that the solution will probably not make any difference anyway...
...simple, eager nature of a child, always ready to converse with voluble intimacy with any casual acquaintance or to fly up in unaccountable excitement over the most trifling pleasure or displeasure. His fairy stories, written rather for grown-ups than for children, have all the imaginative charm of Grimm or Anderson and in addition show the versatility and richness of a more cultured mind...
Said William James: "I went in curiosity for a day. I stayed for a week, held spellbound by the charm and ease of everything, by the middle-class paradise, without a sin, without a victim, without a blot, without a tear. . . . You have culture, you have kindness, you have cheapness, you have equality...