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...state, said he hoped to reach Georgia by dawn. A correspondent in the press gallery whispered: "Poor fellow, Reed would stand on his head on the Senate floor if Bill Vare asked him. . . ." The Senate restaurant was out of coffee. Mr. Heflin was asleep on a lounge; a thoughtful jester had covered him with a red drapery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Bad-Natured End | 3/14/1927 | See Source »

Lampy's sprightly jester grew tired the other night. His bells lost their occasional merry tinkle. His tongue refused to shape glowing, satirical, malicious phrases. Lampy laid himself down upon his not too smooth bed of humor, imbibed a long draught of sleeping powders, we presume, for nothing else could possibly soothe the torpid vapors of his mind. He pulled the too heavy coverlets of subdued intellect about his ears, and set the clock ticking backwards...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JESTER'S BELLS FAIL TO TINKLE AS LAMPY NAPS | 2/3/1927 | See Source »

...literature, it is entirely out of keeping with the idea of the Hall of Fame. What else could one expect from a tired jester under the influence of a bad nightmare? We choose to disregard this absolutely...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JESTER'S BELLS FAIL TO TINKLE AS LAMPY NAPS | 2/3/1927 | See Source »

...shake our heads over the prostrate form of a weary jester. Next month, perhaps, he will not have recourse to sleeping powders. Perhaps his humor will be spontaneous and fresh--perhaps Spring will offer prolific inspirations, for Cambridge Common is not so boundless

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JESTER'S BELLS FAIL TO TINKLE AS LAMPY NAPS | 2/3/1927 | See Source »

...ready for the great moment. Outwardly calm but inwardly trembling with the significance of the act the moneyed jester lifts the receiver from the hook...

Author: By A. L. S., | Title: THE CRIME | 1/24/1927 | See Source »

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