Word: gladding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Toward the close of his long life, the sharp old man paused happily each birthday among the scrap baskets full of congratulations to thank his cloistered friend for her good wishes. "If I try to sneak into paradise behind you they will be too glad to see you to notice me," he wrote once. His 94th and last birthday marked the end of these exchanges: "God must be tired of all these prayers for this fellow Shaw whom He doesn't half like. He has promised His servant Laurentia that He will do His best...
...modern life does, in Pritchett's view) "in fragments rather than as solid mass," and exults in bursts of fire, sharp changes of tempo, explosions of mood. And it is usually extremely cheerful, regardless of what it is about-as if the characters, like their author, were glad to escape from the stiffer world of Pritchett criticism...
...setting: Scaramouche, The Marquis of Carabas, The Lost King. Even people with literary pretensions can admire the expert workmanship. Others will simply enjoy the storytelling, the color, the sweep and energy that were Sabatini's trademarks. Picking up this neat, compact volume, many an old fan will be glad to see him back...
...polite patter of applause died away, one of the Young Democrats sighed: "I'm glad it's over. Now he can go back to New York, and we can vote the way we were going to anyway...
...that Wilson's testimony was in conflict with that of some of the other witnesses. The committee would recall several, said Chairman Stuart Symington, to see if the contradictions could be explained. That suited Engine Charlie fine. Given time to study the matter, he said, he would be glad to return before the committee and clear up whatever was puzzling the Senators...