Word: feel
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...design, to prove that he, he, HE could circle the Pole, we wished him well. It was only when the faulty design of the Italia caused her to crumple, that my own heart became troubled. Too well I knew, as did all Norwegians, that Amundsen would feel compelled to rescue Nobile, because the Italian had wronged...
...latter thus describes an encounter with the Monk, who had been summoned to answer to the Cabinet for his gross immorality. "He ran his pale eyes over me," declared Stolypin, "mumbled mysterious and inarticulate words from the Scriptures, made strange movements with his hands, and I began to feel an indescribable loathing for this vermin sitting opposite me. Still I did realize that the man possessed great hypnotic power, which was beginning to produce a fairly strong moral impression on me. ... I was able to pull myself together...
...Alfred E. Smith Jr., her slim, blond, curly, eldest son, a lawyer; Mrs. Catherine Smith Quillinan, her newly wed younger daughter; Arthur Smith, her middle son; Eddie Dowling, musical comedian; Tex Rickard, promoter. Mrs. Smith wore jade jewelry, waved a magenta fan. She said she did not feel the heat. When Chairman Robinson touched on religious tolerance, she looked moved. When Nominator Roosevelt told what a fine man her husband was she looked proud, grateful. When the convention had voted, she drew out a green silk handkerchief and waved it. She let them put a Hawaiian lei around her neck...
...Smith has borne the ordeal of these first few days in the South with a charming poise that I feel sure never deserts...
...humor, strong passion camouflaged by casual words. Author Meynell's is a civilized novel. The story of Claire's unselfishness is not cluttered with realistic details concerning Louise's husband who "had drifted into a discreditable way of life," Louise herself who "made all men feel a little virtuous who kept their eyes off her," and Hague whose early life had known many lands and many women. No doubt the accepted method would consider this data essential to "atmosphere," but Viola Meynell holds to an earlier tradition of beauty. For she is daughter of the late Alice...