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Word: devilments (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...concierge (janitress), Mme. Marie Mesmin, or "Sainted Mother Marie." The defendants alleged that the Abbé des Noyers had been a member of their cult, but had later withdrawn and turned his sorceries against them. During the trial Defendant Maurice Lourdin, pointing at the Abbé, cried: "There sits the Devil, Satan himself! . . , He is the greatest sorcerer of the age. . . ." "He afflicted me with shameful diseases," testified Defendant Henri Froger. "We women," testified Mme. Robert, "were often bounced about in our beds by this wicked man working his sorceries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Our Lady of Tears | 1/31/1927 | See Source »

...before they will submit to any judgment upon these rights. Arbitration under such circumstances resembles taking what one wants and flipping a coin to see if one was justified. An uncomfortable suspicion arises that the administration is marking time until revolution shall break out in Mexico and enable "the Devil-Dogs" to go in to restore order, protect American lives and property, and allow the United States Petroleum interests to develop Mexican resources in their own sweet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE POLITIC PROFESSOR | 1/25/1927 | See Source »

...world, the flesh and the devil in a gorgeous State...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOARDS AND BILLBOARDS | 1/20/1927 | See Source »

...pounds, my porridge is pasty iron and the heat of my kitchen is so great that if my body was not hardened to it the ordeal would drop me in my tracks. ... I am like some frantic baker in the inferno kneading a batch of iron bread for the devil's breakfast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Iron Puddler, Moose | 1/10/1927 | See Source »

...Devil in the Cheese (produced in Pasadena a year ago). In Tom Cushing's play, a piece of cheese before bedtime brings on a good dream in which the secret chambers of a girl's mind are explored. Everywhere, the seeker finds the radiant image of her lover enshrined in fancy as President of the U. S., single-handed conqueror of South Sea Island tribes, hero in all things. This sublimated suitor is, in reality, a ship's steward, opposed by the girl's father who prefers a colorless favorite of his own choosing. The action...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: Jan. 10, 1927 | 1/10/1927 | See Source »

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