Word: lent
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...dropped her knitting, went to the window, and sniffing the balmy air, decided that, after all, her boys should not work so hard in the so-called cultural courses; just some gentlemanly browsing would be enough. Now, it happens that these courses are generally the same to which she lent her kind attention some weeks ago. But that was on a cold, wintry...
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Newman was gentle, but he was not weak, as one Monsignor learned to his cost when he wrote him a condescending invitation to come to Rome and better himself. Said Newman: "I have received your letter, inviting me to preach next Lent in your church at Rome to 'an audience of Protestants more educated than could ever be the case in England.' However, Birmingham people have souls; and I have neither taste nor talent for the sort of work which you cut out for me. And I beg to decline your offer...
...painting on display in Fogg Museum at the present time is an original Fra Angelico of the Madonna and Child, dating from the early fifteenth century. This is lent to the Fogg Museum by John Pierpont Morgan...
...basement of the building catapulted a veritable geyser of flame and black smoke high into the heavens, spraying with a shower of glowing embers the spectators and Business School buildings, which were to the leeward of the raging inferno. Bright, sporadic flashes of newspaper photographers' powder charges lent a Fourth of July twist to a typical New England winter night. By 1.05, half a dozen hardy firemen drew a cheer from the throng when they struggled on the lean-to roof behind the central section of the doomed building carrying with them hoses and axes to attack the fire from...