Word: pointings
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...should be unnecessary to point out how absurd in theory and fact is any plan of delay. We can know in no way what the future will bring forth, not for us individually, nor for our nation. We can certainly not help determine that future by waiting for events decreed by other...
...September 25 and the following days. "He gave proof," said the French Official Journal at that time, "of the greatest devotion and courage by driving his cars himself day and night, through dangerous zones and by giving to all his section an example of endurance carried to the point of complete exhaustion of his strength...
...service is looked down upon, has no foundation," Captain Bowen began. "If there is a man in the army besides the commanding officers who has power it is the quartermaster." And Dean Gay, who gave a talk preceding the Captain's speech, emphasized the same point...
...quote one passage, however, which, although splendidly positive and indicative of vigorous individual taste, might well be moderated. "Thackery as a personality and a social philosopher I cannot abide: his point of view being expressive of the mixture of ignorance, snobbery, humbug, and conceit, which has made the British Empire in more than one sense the wonder of the world...
...went to "Major Pendennis" at the Hollis Theatre with feelings of the warmest expectation. Thackery as a personality and a social philosopher I cannot abide, his point of view being expressive of the mixture of ignorance, snobbery, humbug, and conceit which has made the British Empire in more than one sense the wonder of the world. But as an atmospheric artist Thackery is quite otherwise, and it was this quality of atmosphere one expected to encounter in Mr. Langdon Mitchell's adaptation of "Pendennis." Superficially it is attained, owing to the well known talent in production of Mr. Iden Payne...