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...long he walked or on what paths he trod will never be known; for he was deep in thought. At long last he looked up to see before him two graceful Spanish buildings. He is not quite sure about the Spanish part, but the structures stood on a moor anyway. Over the front door of one was a stork medallion; that would be the "Lying In" hospital Over the front door of the other dangled a beer bottle from the window above; that would be the medical school...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 5/26/1931 | See Source »

When the wind whistles cold on the moor of a night...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Parliament's Week: Apr. 27, 1931 | 4/27/1931 | See Source »

Prelude (played from manuscript) Moor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STRADIVARIUS QUARTET WILL GIVE CONCERT IN FOGG COURT | 12/5/1930 | See Source »

Last week a few U. S. citizens with sporting friends abroad were eating grouse -plump red Scotch grouse sent by express steamers and heralded by cables giving warning of their shipment. For a fortnight the shotguns that the Scotch call "double pipe scatter guns" had been popping on the moors. King George was there to get a little shooting before seeing his new granddaughter (see p. 21). John Pierpont Morgan was at Gannochy Lodge and Clarence Hungerford Mackay at Hunt-hill, Brechin. Bernard Baruch could not stay but Silkman Emil Stehli and Charles Steele of the House of Morgan were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Grouse | 9/1/1930 | See Source »

MURDER IN THE MOOR-Thomas Kindon-Dutton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Murder! | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

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