Word: disillusionment
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
During the seven years of Bolshevik control, an extraordinary gullibility has possessed the Russian people. It has been easy for them to accept shadows for reality. "You are free," shouted the dictator. And the multitude took up the cry: "Yea, we are free." "State education for every child," promised the...
Then came disillusion. Corpo di Bacco! It was no mere Communista they had assaulted. The snorting car belonged to the Soviet Ambassador to Italy. Instead of being commended for patriottismo, they had caused a "regrettable incident."
THE MAN WHO DIED TWICE?Edwin Arlington Robinson?Macmillan ($125). The narrative of Fernando Nash, a musician, is in blank verse. He died in the spirit and, having tasted the uttermost of disillusion and defeat, is 'born again?before he dies in the flesh?to such a vision of glory...
Seldom is a publisher's "blurb" anything more than a mere blurb--a kind of mixture of a botch and a burble. but in the case of "After Disillusion" we have before us something different. The "blurber" here displays" considerable thought and considerable analytic power, and we congratulate Mr. Selwyn...
By all means take the dare. The resulting disillusion is part of your college education. Judge.