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...flew exactly according to schedule. The only unwonted incident was a sandstorm which forced the machine to turn back and wait a few hours at Jask, Persia, last week. There the local Kahn of Kelat made the waiting time pass swiftly by commanding his minions to roll up a priceless rug from the floor and take down a jeweled swordl from the wall. The rug to Lady Maud. The sword to Sir Samuel. Then they flew...
...Jacobs, a clever and sophisticated painter, does her work well, suggesting an exotic atmosphere with diminishing ovals, soft colors. She did not always charge her patrons for her work. Said she: "My reluctance profited me shamefully. Soft-footed coolies would come to the door with great bundles of priceless silk. Coral necklaces, jade bracelets, jewels marvelous for their antiquity as well as their intrinsic worth, all were sent as tokens of friendship and return of courtesy...
...ducal estate in Austria he thought of buying, complete with 'superb art gallery'] ... he always saved the art gallery for the climax, and when he came to that his voice would take on a note almost of reverence as he told of the wonderful gallery and the priceless masterpieces...
...Cape Cod with or near a loved woman, whose presence is more felt than seen. Besides these spans, which are briny and refreshing as a dory full of mackerel, are some painful subjective pieces, some not too happy reflections in the classical manner and several lyric miniatures of priceless rarity, "The Toadstool's Defense," "I Heard the Marvellous Music of the Birds" and "Rain Children," which opens with the lines: With all its little silver feet...
...England, eventually of the world (including Greenland), echoed and re-echoed. Sir Joseph died the third richest man in England ($140,000,000) in 1916, having virtually invented mass advertising-at least been its record utilizer. The genius that struck off those advertisements which some called vulgar, others "priceless," such as- Hark! the herald angels sing Beecham's pills are just the thing. Peace on earth and mercy mild, Two for a man and one for a child -passed to the son as a thinner, hotter flame...