Word: pliant
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...knight, R. S. Wallace '04 Lovewit, master of the house, H. S. Deming '05 Pertinax Surly, a gamester, R. I. Underhill '06 Tribulation Wholesome, a pastor of Amsterdam, H. McI. Holmes '06 Ananias, a deacon, H. P. Johnson '05 Kastril, the angry boy, T. P. Smith '05 Dame Pliant, a widow, R. B. Gring '05 First Officer, J. Kerans '07 Second Officer, J. F. Henderson...
...customer following another. Dapper wants a "familiar" to make him win at cards. Drugger comes to learn how to grow rich at his trade. Sir Epicure is trapped by the hope of obtaining the philosopher's stone, which turns metals to gold. Tribulation seeks to enrich his church. Dame Pliant is brought by her brother Kastril to get a titled husband. Each is rapidly and cleverly fleeced, and the dialogue is full of the jargon of alchemy. Finally Lovewit returns and learns from the neighbors the strange doings at his house. Jeremy denies everything till the swindled and angry customers...
...house. H. S. Demming '05 Sir Epicure Mammon, a knight, R. S. Wallace '04 Pertinax Surly, a gamester, R. I. Underhill '06 Tribulation Wholesome, a pastor of Am- sterdam, H. McI. Holmes '06 Ananias, a deacon, H. P. Johnson '05 Kastril, the angry boy, T. P. Smith '05 Dame Pliant, a widow. R. B. Gring...
...House, H. S. Deming '05 Sir Epicure Mammon, a Knight, W. G. Baer '04 Pertinax Surly, a Gamester, C. W. Randall '05 Tribulation Wholesome, a Pastor of Amsterdam, R. I. Underhill '06 Ananias, a Deacon there, C. Mitchell '06 Kastrill, the angry boy, T. P. Smith '05 Dame Pliant, his sister a Widow, H. H. Bennett...