Word: contentedness
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Marty had a secret formula which disappeared. In the play she looks for it; finally it is found and rejected by a group of contented mortals, who burn it to ashy bits. The play is a mixture of mystery melodrama and philosophy, neither of which seems to fulfill itself fully...
In failing to state which of his classmates he did recall, Mr. Depew left each of the three prey to the impression that Mr. Depew knew him for a living man no longer. And to each of the three it was quite apparent that Mr. Depew had lost his heart...
Finished with the ceremonies, the procession worked its way through St. Peter's; some women from the audience tried to push into the line, were restrained; all went home; the sampietrini, Vatican workmen, rubbed their palms, went home too. A year before Pius XI had opened the Holy Year by...
Representative Tillman of Arkansas (Democrat) contented himself by declaring:
Throughout the week, Tuan Chi-Jui, head of the impotent Peking Government of China, remained ready to flee from his capital at any moment should Super-Tuchun Feng avail himself of the upset to Chang's power and decide to take personal control of Peking instead of merely dominating...