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Word: quibblers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Stripped, however, of its editorial and production merits Mater Advocate stands perhaps a trifle embarrassedly exposed to the quibbler's truth about its literary worth. It is in the quality of featured creative writing that the publication's distinctive claim to excellence must lie. This time the copy looks good; and it is well above the average in published collegiate work. But "Burnt Mountain Revival," by William Austin Emerson, nearly overshadows its lively picture of hell's-fire-and-brimstone religion with contrived hillbilly dialogue ("Hit's a rite purty night, ant it,' Homer said, laying the paddle across...

Author: By S. S. H, | Title: On the Shelf | 9/23/1947 | See Source »

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