Word: nobler
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Smith for 54 years graced the Alabama Bar and for over 40 years was recognized as not only the leader of the Bar in his own State, but was generally regarded throughout the South as one of the most outstanding lawyers of the time. No abler lawyer or nobler man ever lived than Mr. Gregory L. Smith. . . . I was his secretary for many years...
...attribute the difference between major and minor sports to the fact that "Because football attracted more spectators than soccer or lacrosse, and therefore gave its players more publicity, the idea arose that football was a nobler sport, and that its devotees were to be honored above the run of ordinary men." Is it not more probably true that the stiffer competition involved in major sports should of itself evoke a greater reward? After all a man who has one or two competitors for a position is less deserving of recognition than one who is successful in winning out over...
...major" and "minor" is a remnant of the days when there attached to each game a certain individual glory that was saleable off the athletic field. Because football attracted more spectators than soccer or lacrosse, and therefore gave its players more publicity, the idea arose that football was a nobler sport, and that its devotees were to be honored above the run of ordinary...
...your issue for March 4, you say, "Walter Hampden, whose heart is on nobler things, offered Rostand's sentimental hero to the sentimental U. S. Public." Allow me to say that there is no nobler thing than Cyrano. WM. LYON PHELPS...
Noble as is the legend of George Washington and the Cherry Tree, many a German editor hailed as nobler, last week, a tale which will be handed down to posterity...