Word: courtly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...show that the Fall ranch was worth only $70,000 by its owner's sworn statement. But the Government thought best to withhold this evidence until its rebuttal. There were other matters which the Government would have liked to introduce but could not, notably the U. S. Supreme Court's unanimous verdict in a civil suit, that Sinclair's lease was "shot through with corruption," and that Fall was "a faithless public officer." Lawyers Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. Roberts banged home the first part of their case, then rested until the defense should develop things further...
...players seemed to be bothered by a high wind that swept across the court and on the whole the tennis played by the Harvard courtmen was of a rather mediocre brand...
Members of the Toronto Camera Club harkened humbly, last week, to a visiting and lecturing maestro: Richard Neville Speaight Esq. of London, semi-official photographer to the Court of St. James's. "On one occasion," confided Maestro Speaight amid a hush, "I was obliged to pace the floor for two hours with an infant son* of Princess Mary in my arms before the child stopped crying and enabled me to make a satisfactory portrait...
...gifts and ready to commit other offices of friendship. Volpone's assistant in deception is the smart and fluttering Mosca; together, they are reaping a rich harvest until Volpone attempts to perform rape upon a friend's wife, sent to him for no better reason. Tried in court for this offense and adjudged innocent, Volpone tries another wily and audacious rascality, one which leads to his own undoing. Mosca, always a step ahead of his miserly master, makes himself Volpone's heir. Not, however, heir to his avarice; Mosca opens Volpone's chest...
...interminable footless fighting, harried by powerful enemies and treacherous vassals, resolves to sacrifice his questionable independence for peace and pleasure in the palace of some mightier overlord. He chooses Ung Khan as his most likely protector, agrees to surrender two thirds of his revenue, and to live at the court of Caracorom with 2,000 fighting men ready for emergencies. In return he is guaranteed his safety, and the integrity of his kingdom...