Word: nay
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There was an audible rustle of surprise when Professor Lowes announced some time ago that all students in English 72 would be allowed nay requested--to bring with them to the Mid-year examination all the text books and notes they desired. They might transport all of Widener Library to the examination room, if convenient...
From the tenor of these remarks it might erroneously be inferred that The Swan possesses tragic, ravenesque propensities. The Swan is a comedy. The wisdom of it is equaled, nay surpassed, by the pungence...
...Hewlett (Jan. 22, 1861), English novelist, poet, critic. The Forest Lovers, a medieval romance published in 1898, established Hewlett's reputation in a field in which, despite the wave of imitation that followed its success, he still remains among the most eminent. Other medieval novels include Richard Yea-and-Nay, The Song of Renny and The Queen's Quair, which deals with Mary, Queen of Scots...
Died. Maurice Hewlett, 62, novelist, authority on heraldry, of pneumonia, at Broadchalke, Salisbury, England. Among his famous books are The Forest Lovers, Richard Yea-and-Nay, The Queen's Quair...
...Chairman R. Brandt, Priscilla Delano; H. Barker, Marion Dexter; R. H. Nay, Alice Alden; M. R. Pike, Nelle Allen; R. G. Boyd, Edna Allen; D. Shaw, Mary Cameron; R. Dexter, Virginia Thompson...