Word: daggered
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Once I sat in the gallery while a great tragedy was being performed. A shabbily dressed man next to me was carried away with the play to such an extent that when the villian raised his dagger, he cried "Look out." That was the triumph of illusion--and the theatre. Perhaps a mortgage hovered over that man's house, but for two hours he laughed and cried. He had touched the grand fact of human life, that at bottom...
...manipulation of the manikins is made to suggest at one point a parallel to the sub-rosa and subauricular romance of the wife and her sweetheart. Ultimately, the husband discovers the liaison, offers his breast to the dagger of the other man. But the affair is hushed up without unnecessary stabbing...
...youth became baptized, he added Singh (Lion) to his name-"John Jones" became "John Jones, Lion." From baptism, the youth must wear the five "K"s: 1) kes-uncut hair of the whole body; 2) kachh-short drawers, for convenience in fighting; 3) kara-iron bangle; 4) khanda-steel dagger; 5) khanga-comb (his kit for cleanliness...
...seeking to keep her engagements, has she not a right to say to her allies and associates, 'Remember your own engagements, reread the texts of the discussions during the framing of the peace treaty. Think how, while France is seeking to establish peace, she has a dagger pointing within a few centimeters of her heart and is asking only that this dagger be removed.' " He referred to the strong position which ex-Crown Prince Rupprecht, "virtual King of Bavaria" is in, asked: "Have we not treated too lightly the return of the Crown Prince (Friedrich Wilhelm...
...dagger pointing within a few centimetres of a heart...