Word: meek
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...into the train popped little Tsar Boris and a young woman sometimes called "the uncrowned Queen of Bulgaria." She is meek, sad-eyed, industrious, pious, charitable and much beloved. Each morning this admirable young woman, Princess Eudoxia, 29, assists her brother, the 33-year-old Tsar, with his correspondence, finds out what he desires to eat that day, sets the palace wenches bustling, and counts herself lucky if there remains time for a little tennis or a canter on horseback between the hours of household duty and official functions...
...British battleships sent to Egypt last week produced the desired effect, and the Egyptian Government soon despatched to London an utterly meek note of apology, declaring that the whole incident had been a complete "misunderstanding...
...That meek devotional statement identified Uldine Utley. She sat down...
...come home to Kiwanisport, N. Y., from Europe and worse. Uneasy as a bird of plumage roosting in a barnyard, she is most uneasy of all lest she be considered "on the shelf." Through three acts of easily forgettable humor she defends the honor of her sex appeal. Donald Meek, once again a hilariously henpecked clergyman, spend-thriftily purchases eight kisses from Mrs. Amaranth at his own church bazaar. Thenceforward it is but a step until the glittering and ever competent Arthur Byron, this time a scheming Senator, gold digs "the Governor" successfully- using Miss Starr as his spade. Skilful...
Briefly told, the plot deals with the life of the Adams family, THE Adamses you know, and what happened when Henry Adams, meek, generous, and above all, conventional, eloped with a stenographer during his summer vacation...