Word: gemmed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Dukas of "La Peri" is not at all the same as the composer of the "Sorcerer Apprentice". Most of the verve and originality of that gem are lacking, as is also a vital unity. There is a series of rather incoherent, aimless, not too interesting, wanderings...
Charles and Zita, when they fled to Switzerland after the War, took with them their jewels, including the famous Florentine Diamond, which weighs 139½ carats. This gem is claimed by the Italians under the St. Germain Treaty. The Royal exiles pawned it to finance some of their ventures and it was recently rumored in London that Zita proposed to sell...
Jack Dempsey discloses that his pen is punier than his punch in the attached gem, under his signature, syndicated in the nation's press...
...quote a-mixed metaphor from W. L. George is nothing more than a weakly flagrant instance of pro-British pro-paganda. The following gem has been plucked no farther afield than the doors of Warren House...
...Life of Man" as seen in Brattle Hall has been taken apart, put together again, dissected, praised as a whole, criticized bit by bit; accorded in every way the same reception from the press which would greet the appearence on the professional stage of a rare theatrical gem of the first water. Subtle enough tribute to the success of a group of amateurs...