Word: deviling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Defoe, they started the novel off with a reputation from which it has barely recovered. During the eighteenth century especially it fared evilly among the colonists of the New World; in fact the stern-eyed Puritans were wont to frown upon it as the very text book of the devil himself. Even Thomas Jefferson, though a Virginian and a liberal democrat, felt called upon to declare that "a great obstacle to good education is the inordinate passion prevalent for novels and the time lost in that reading which should be instructively employed." It would be no little shock...
Rumania is at present between devil and sea. The hostile attitude of Russia toward her on account of the Bessarabian dispute (TIME, April 14) makes it imperative that she seek allies in case of Russian attack...
...repaid. Unfortunately, we encourage them to look upon themselves as gifted with prophesy beyond other mortals, and incessantly invite them to make after-dinner speeches about the future. They can scarcely be expected to arise, and say: "Mr. Toastmaster, I think that business is going to the devil, that my bank has quite a few very poor accounts, and that some of you gentlemen here present will find yourselves in very hot water inside the next year." Such sentiments, however heroically sincere, would curdle the postprandial ice cream. About all the banker, considering his position, can well say is, that...
Died. Marie Corelli, 60, at Stratford-on-Avon; author of best sellers for 40 years: The Sorrows of Satan, The Murder of Delicia, Problem of a Wicked Soul, God's Good Man, The Devil's Motor, The Secret Power, etc., etc. She was of mixed Italian and Scotch Highland blood, was adopted in infancy by Charles Mackay, famed song writer, who afterwards sent her to a French convent to be educated. Queen Victoria admired her work; Tennyson wrote her a letter of encouragement...
Those who feel Summer coming on will find satisfaction in Stepping Stones, Runnin' Wild, Music Box Revue, Poppy, Kid Boots, Mary Jane McKane, Ziegfeld Follies, Chariot's Revue, Swept Little Devil, Vogues...