Word: manner
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...South is inestimably grateful for this good news, delivered much in the manner of Queen Marie of Roumania after admiring the local pickle factory. Those citizens who still feel some continuity with the South of Washington, Jefferson and Lee will doubtless now begin to see the light. The rebel yell will be given for the prophet of Baltimore, who is so kind as to lead the backward Confederacy out of its heathen darkness. That great soul, however, should be careful not to carry the reform too far. When he has destroyed the prejudices of the South, and replaced every copy...
...Elephant." His book appeared as "L'Elephant etc sec3 Amours." Certainly Napoleon's amours form as prominent a feature of Ludwig's biography as any other detail of his private or his public life, though not so prominent as to necessitate a modification of the title in the French manner. But an author is subject to grave charges when he deliberately proportions his treatment to feature the sensational and erotic at the expense of the significant. More, it is impossible to determine what is gossip and what is historical fact, for his voluminous quotation of Napoleon's words is from...
...United States is prosperous, therefore uncritical, that the parties do not represent popular interest, that fundamental issues are avoided in politics. He need not have gone so deeply into the question. The spectacle of men who are supposed to represent the interests of a nation acting in a manner which on the street would make them liable to arrest is not edifying. Nor is it surprising that a well-fed public does not pay much attention to them except as objects of amusement. The great danger is that the majesty of the law will suffer from the melee...
...that may be his lack, for in what he could understand he was struck by elements of really great drama and penetrating insight. The difficulties of language are as smoke surrounding a flame. Pirandello's thought, tinged with a profound yet tender pessimism, is in the truly grand manner. If he fails, it is only because he has attempted too much. And again his failure may be those of the translator and reviewer...
...dispute between two men, who are not believed to have been students of the University. In front of the Harvard Trust, attracted a crowd. Patrolman Murphy, on duty at the Square, intervened, and started to lead the men away. The crowd followed the officer, and in a good natured manner, interfered with the arrest. The taxi which the officer commandeered, was first held up, and later pushed to the sidewalk...