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Word: marvell (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...clock, no sooner and no later. At first the demarcation of such a definite dead-line for weekly sin appears to be wholly illogical, but after a lengthy microscopic examination, there becomes faintly apparent the only possible loop-hole to plausibility. The authors of this legislative marvel may perhaps have the ancient Hebraic conception of a personal deity with all the very human characteristics of the Olympian gods, who, after the activities of Saturday night, is scarcely interested in what happens on Sunday before noon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SHINELESS SUNDAY | 2/10/1930 | See Source »

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