Word: kneeling
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Those who reverently place wreaths beneath Garibaldi's memorial and those who kneel before the Virgin-many citizens do both-have long lived together in drowsy tolerance. But now, the heirs of Garibaldi are tainted with Marxism...
...Parliament took its time in letting them in on it. For centuries it published no journal; coffee-house gossip spread the news of its debates. When a newsletter writer "presumed ... to take notice of the proceedings of the House" in 1694, he was summoned to the bar, forced to kneel and admit his offense. Not until 1803, in Luke Hansard's day, were reporters given seats of their own in the gallery, instead of having to rub elbows with other "strangers...
...days before his assassination, Lincoln visits ruined Richmond in the company of some Union officers. He is immediately recognized by Negroes, who kneel before him, singing hymns. He js "much embarrassed," but listens respectfully, then makes a little speech. Finally he says, "There, now, let me pass on; I have but little time to spare," walks away slowly up the hot, dusty street, carrying "his hat in his hand, fanning his face," from which the sweat trickles...
...abuse, that was on trial. "Three hundred and thirty-five persons, including 14-year-old boys, old men with their hands tied behind their backs, with no time to make peace with their Maker, with no time to say goodbye, led out five at a time to kneel while the life was shot out of them. That," said British King's Counsel C. L. Sterling, "is a picture that might well call for retribution...
...long time. "The fellow came in," he says, "and told us one of the most pitiful stories of misfortune I have ever heard. After he had finished, I was about ready to dig down and give him everything I had. But Dave Gibson just said to him: 'Kneel down...