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Novelist Priestley, after reading Miss Hurst's critique, after consulting his friend Manhattan Critic Henry Seidel Canby, beat a retreat on the ground that he had been joking, stated: "I am one of those strange Englishmen who really have a sense of humor...
Janet might have taken her pick among several nice Englishmen, but instead she married Carl Fischer, an expatriate in London who preferred loneliness in England to Junker-ridden Germany. They were very happy; when their son John was born, their cup brimmed. In the summer of 1914 the Fischers were planning a holiday in the Harz Mountains. Then John sprained his ankle, had to stay at home. When the War started Carl & Janet were in Germany. On the train to Holland Carl's half-forgotten patriotism gave him dreadful qualms; just before they reached the frontier he gave himself...
...also students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, while the remainder are spread through the College, Engineering, Business, Law, Dental, Theological Schools and the School of Public Health. Ten of the 27 from Hawaii are in the College. Four of the Frenchmen and three of the Englishmen are in the Business School. The number from the British Isles, including Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, numbers 23. All five of the Scotchmen are in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences...
French thesis: the majority of French War bonds are held by Frenchmen who have quietly taken their loss, let the British minority holders take their loss as quietly, make good the ancient boast that "Englishmen are better sportsmen than Frenchmen...
Said Mr. Baldwin, famed as "the most English of Englishmen," quietly...