Word: gustavus
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...Lawrence is perhaps the most distinguished living authority upon the history of the English stage from the Elizabethan period through the Restoration," declared Dean Lowes speaking of Mr. Lawrence's work and field. "He has written on 'The Life of Gustavus Vaughan Brooke, Tragedian,' and on other theatrical figures, his chief volume being 'The Elizabethan Playhouse and other Studies,' published in 1912 and 1913. Since then important papers of his have appeared in the Modern Language Review, Studies in Philology, the Fortnightly Review, and in a considerable number of other periodicals. Mr. Lawrence has no academic position...
...peaceful friends are, I am afraid, forgetful that had their spiritual ancesters been as squeamish as themselves they would have all been quietly and efficiently incinerated, and thereby, deprived of progeny whether of the flesh or of the intellect. Had, there been no Gustavus Adolphus, we should not now possess the ineathnable blessings of Methodism. Hgit Whitney...
...following is a list of the marshals: George Washington Cram '88, Gustavus Howard Maynadier '89, Charles Burton Gulick '90, Matthew Luee '91, Edward Waldo Forbes '95, John Lewis Bremer '96, George Henry Chase '96, John Homans '99, Paul Jeseph Sachs '00, Henry Aaron Yeomans '00, Henry Lyman '01, Francis Wells Hunnewell '02, Roger Irving Lee '02, Henry Asbury Christian, G. '03, John Livingston Lowes, G. '03, Francis Wield Peabody '03, Chandler Rathfon Post '04, Austin Wakeman Scott, L. '09, James Waterhouse Angell '18, Robert Earle Bacon, G. '18, David Mason Little, Jr. '18, Delmar Leighton '19, and Donald Kirk David...
...story centers about John Paul Bart, who is in the employ of Anton Huber, a tailor. Like all human beings and Horatio Alger heroes, he cherishes fond hopes of becoming a great man, and to further himself intellectually commits to memory many phrases of an unpublished work by Dr. Gustavus Sonntag, the finance of Mr. Huber's daughter, Tanya. Finally opportunity knocks at his door. As a result he appears at the fashionable Stanlaw reception after confiscating a dress suit from the tailor shop...
...success, however, does not last, or Dr. Gustavus, jealous of Tanya's love for Bart, exposes the former tailor's despised in fashionable society; so, as all his friends renounce him, Bart seeks solace at Huber's shop. Here he finds Tanya as friendly as ever, and, upon hearing his publicity manager, proposes marriage and is accepted...