Word: intentions
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...decided that the estate of Peddler Comincio should revert to the State of New York as he died therein intestate and without relatives. "The contention that he may have been a subject of the King of Italy and not of New York," said the Court, "must be overruled. . . . His intent to abandon his domicile of origin and to establish and maintain a domicile in this country is clearly established...
...true facts are that a newspaper reporter failed to verify a report, falsely circulated with deliberate intent to spur on the crowd...
...this reviewer is concerned, though the publisher's opinion is evidently different. "King Haber" has, perhaps, greater potentialities than either "Schoolmaster Taussig" or "The Patriot", but the quiet tone of the story leaves an impression of dullness rather than the solemn grandeur that is the author's intent. The character of this banker in a small German principality--a man who reaches the position of the Duke's favorite, and himself almost provides the heir to the throne--is a powerful creation, but the presentation never lives up to the possibilities of the story...
...does he go about it? He exposes Kcv + Street Noises (an element as different from Kcv as H 2 O is from H 2 ), to Public Intent On Business (which is as different from ME as carbon dioxide is from pure oxygen...
...which Mrs. Hughes has mapped out her book will not please all her readers. Her idea is to approach England as a background for American history and common Anglo-American traditions. Possibly this is a good scheme, but "America's England" is too obvious in intent. This reviewer would have preferred to have Mrs. Hughes write about England simply because it is England. Accordingly, such chapters as "Georgia and Oglethorpe" are annoying. Nevertheless, on the whole, "America's England" is uncommonly good reading because Mrs. Hughes knows the high roads and the by roads of her native land...