Word: englishman
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...from the beginning to the end of the game. Does anyone doubt that public opinion would sustain an umpire or referee who, at the first manifest instance of this kind, should order the violator of the rules off the field? At one football game last year I saw an Englishman beside himself with righteous wrath at one instance of this kind, and heard him plainly speak out his mind. The matter was so notorious at the recent game that disgust became manifest. Again I ask with many others, "what are umpires or referees for if such conduct is allowed...
...Johnston is an Englishman, and has spent several years studying in Italy. This is his second year here. He is the author of "Napoleon: A Short Biography," just announced by A. S. Barnes & Co., New York...
...make this a practical debate, evidently the fact that there is no tariff at the time of default does not prevent the creditor nation from levying a tariff. This tariff might be imposed by the creditor nation, or by a trustee. In China, an Englishman, Sir Robert Hart, acting as trustee, has for many years successfully administered a tariff. This method would be effective even if the debtor state had no money at the time of default. The fact that a country has no tariff today is no reason why a tariff should not be imposed tomorrow...
...Philippine,--was taken by J. C. Miller 1L. He portrayed the avaricious, whimsical old man in a very amusing manner. H. F. Hurlburt 1L as Lord Chichester was excellent. His lines were pointed; and he had cultivated a laughable twang together with the languor and stupidity of the stage Englishman. His song in the second act, "Etiquette," received several encores. N. L. Tenney '03 was peculiarly fitted for his part of Father Chartreuse. At the close of the second act, he removed his cowl and appeared in white satin to sing the "coon song,"--one of the best musical numbers...
...same scheme. Each disguises himself as king, that he may appoint himself the successor to the throne. Mackintosh, who has orders from Chichester to get the real king out of the way, seizes Ping Pong by mistake. The prisoner escapes only to run headlong into the Englishman. Each takes the other for the king; each discovers his mistake just as the real king enters. Philippine thinks his doubles must be due to over-indulgence in wine. To his great relief, de Breeze comes to the rescue and denounces the conspirators; and the king finds this a suitable opportunity to give...