Word: mindedly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...negotiations was per-haps inevitable, but it came suddenly and at a particular moment chiefly because of personal animosity stirred up by the "Iron Man." He himself left the session at which the "break" was said by everyone else to have occurred in his usual frame of mind, remarking: "We have been checked, that is all." Not until the bulls he had red-flagged came snorting forth was the situation realized. In Prussia, heads come square and hard-so much the worse for Germany. Death of Baring. Sorely and righteously angry in his quiet, aristocratic way, John Baring, Baron Revelstoke...
...fatal pride. The deep South reacted deeply, darkly, from its heart; its passions were not tempered by deliberate intelligence. It had, together with its fineness, an unrestrained brutality of act destructive like the blaze of its sun. It had an integrity but it was not the measured dignity of mind. Its integrity lay in the virtues of extreme loyalty and unassailable courage. It was magnificent in battle, in battle rather than in war. It was, after all, General Lee, Virginia, who led the South; but he had Alabama tigers to lead; men born for fighting, capable of fighting throughout...
...object of increasing the prosperity of the company . . . prompted by my view that the preponderating interests in our great industry should always be in British hands. ... I have always held the view that our scheme did not prejudice property rights . . . any of our shareholders . . . nothing was further from my mind . . . my colleagues. . . . However, under all the circumstances . . . it has been decided not to proceed with these proposals...
...were awakened at dawn by the fixed stares of about a dozen wild horses peering intently at us over the top. . . . We weren't in trim. We never keep in trim. We eat all the wrong things. I've gained 16 pounds this winter and do not mind at all. . . . Happiness consists in wanting to do the things you do. And knowing while you are doing it that you are enjoying...
...know the story! ... I want to denounce it as a miserable lie. I wish I could see the scoundrel who started it. . I wish people would mind their own affairs and leave mine alone. ... Of course I do not pay the regular rates for a great big hotel apartment. What I do pay is nobody's damned business! I can afford to pay what they charge...