Word: particularities
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sites, with no great certitude connected with any given spot. Certainly, he mentioned nothing about the actual pillars and definite places. It is unfortunate that Dr. Morrison met up with an exception. It is doubly unfortunate that his philosophical acumen had not dictated caution in deducting general conclusions from particular premises...
...noticed no particular financial emphasis in the strictly Roman Catholic shrines. The ordinary acceptance of free-will offerings cannot be construed as an "organized exploitation" of sacred things and places. I am sure that the Doctor's own church would not feel itself guilty of abominable charlatanry when banking its Sunday collection receipts on Monday morning...
Assuming that the plot of Camillo will be more or less familiar to everyone, the French outline with charming delicacy the story of the little grisette who, coming to Paris with much beauty and no money, sets out upon the primrose path. Just what particular gentleman is paying for her sumptuous lodgings, her lace-hung bath, and her carriage is left indefluite, but there is no doubt that all vie for the privilege. After meeting at a carnival, Marguerite Gautier (Yvonne Printemps) and her idealistic young lover, Armand Duval, escape to a cottage in the campagne. An admirable restraint marks...
...Under the influence of demon rum, he invariably gives vent to his superfluous enthusiasm by standing on Copperthwaite Street at six o'clock in the morning, summoning all the vocal power at his command, and calling out random remarks concerning the intelligence, habits, and ancestry of Dunster men in particular, Harvard men more generally, and all college students in the final analysis. When his sister attempts to lead him back into his dwelling he is equally vociferous in his remarks concerning her virginity and occupation...
Part I of the Major's latest pamphlet is a 53-page defense of his monetary theories, frankly written for the general benefit of his critics, the particular benefit of Banker James Warburg who ridiculed The Coming American Boom. Part II is a 22-page defense of the New Deal with some fatherly advice for President Roosevelt. The last ten pages reiterate the Major's conviction that inflation in the U. S. offers a mighty fine chance to get rich quick...