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Word: lets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Flattened indistinct drums jarred the column forward. And every thud of them was a flash more of light let into the otherwise enternity of a peasant barmaid's obesity. . . Tum . . T-T. Tum, Tum, Tum. . Georgiette!. . . Georgiette...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Current Advocate Creditable; Better Than Some Predecessors | 4/13/1918 | See Source »

...this world of strife, there was never greater need of sober thought than now. Let us control rather than restrain our wonderful vitality, now bordering closely upon the hysterical, by a serious consideration of things as they are. Let us not turn deaf ears to advisers who know of what they speak. We owe it to our soldiers that they may go forth not less bravely but with open and determined minds, realizing that it is to battle and not to sport they go. This war is not one of headlines and billheads, it is man against man in deadly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AMERICAN HYSTERIA | 4/12/1918 | See Source »

...have completely lost sight of the aerodrome. I've lost sight of Tom, also. Engine off, nose down, spiral, look all over the sky for Tom. I see him going down. I'll let him go, because it's too wonderful up here, I guess Tom has had engine-trouble or run out of petrol. He sees me and is waving with both hands. Down I go after him, over 100 miles an hour I'm now at 3000 again. Tom has landed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ACTUAL SENSATION DURING FLIGHT UNIQUELY DESCRIBED. | 4/10/1918 | See Source »

...well that perhaps I am not worthy of it anyway. My chief concern now is to get abroad, and when I get there to do my damnedest to avenge my brother's death. I won't stand for anything less than the complete conquering of the devils who let this hell on earth loose. Whatever my part is to be I intend that it shall at least be one that is felt by some German or Germans, and I have gritted my teeth to see this thing through and hang on like a bull dog until...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "IN WAR TO FIGHT TO FINISH" | 4/5/1918 | See Source »

Before closing this article, let me say with Tennyson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Closing the Subject. | 4/4/1918 | See Source »

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