Word: paragraphed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that dreamed so long in the Northamptonshire house is Sir Joshua Reynolds' portrait of the Duchess of Devonshire. She stands against a marble balustrade, a flight of steps at her feet leading to a formal park. Her dress is cream colored, her coif, built up like a Chestertonian paragraph, is starred with pearls, garnished with plumes of red and grey; from her right arm depends a gauzy scarf. Walpole wrote of her: "She effaces all without being a beauty, but her youthful figure, lively modesty and modest familiarity make her a prodigy." The portrait was painted at the time...
...desire to call your attention to an omission, last paragraph of second column, page 5, issue of Dec. 15, in which you refer to deep water channels under way or being considered or about to be considered...
...drop of the curtain on the first act, I was surprised to see him calmly pick up a fresh copy of TIME and start in with the very first paragraph; he read during the intermission that ensued, without once stopping. This he repeated at the close of the second and third acts; and I found my curiosity so aroused that I leaned over to see each time what he was reading and how far he had gotten in the magazine. Before the end of the play he had gone half way through tl magazine, his companion quietly passing the time...
...rude escort who "started in with the very first paragraph and read during the intermission . . . without once stopping...
...paragraph in the letter says that no friendly hand is held out at Harvard to the man who would work for the privilege of his education. I disagree, Far from there being only "some thirty positions offered to the whole undergraduate body," as the letter states, there were no less than thirty different kinds of remunerative jobs secured through the Students', Employment Bureau, enabling 526 students to earn $44,906, in team time alone last year. In addition, thanks to the efforts of the same bureau, 242 men worked in the summer vacation earning...