Word: regrets
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...tongue should blister If, having met a Mr. Bicester, I hailed him wrongly; it would grieve a Descendant of the clan of Belvoir To be erroneously addressed. It cannot be too strongly stressed: A shock awaits the fool who wavers Before he says, "Good-morning, Claverhouse." A burden of regret and woe Descends on those who Do Not Know, So I've endeavoured, in their cause, To jormulate some rhyming laws, Whereby the novice can with ease Preserve the starch amenities...
...could not have been done by any Government until the actual time he went!" Mr. Baldwin even suggested, "although I am not greedy of power," that he or some other Conservative prime minister might in future make another such visit. He concluded: "There is no feeling of envy or regret or any feeling of that kind in my heart...
...interim, persons whose knowledge of the situation is valued are plagued by the press to declare an opinion. Else where in this mornings's CRIMSON Professor Doriot has explained to Harvard readers the work which was accomplished at Baden, and has found but one criticism or cause for regret great enough to deserve his stress. Frankfort, he says, or Cologne, or some other German city might have been superior to Basel as a location for the International Bank...
...with a mere throwing of stones, have entered into a somewhat ragged game of catch with the big leagues. It is too early to predict the outcome of the contest, but the constant mention of money adds a taint of professionalism to the proceedings which cannot fall to arouse regret in the ranks of the amateur garden clubs involved. So far the hothouse gang seems to have the edge but the experts are talking knowingly about the dark horse pitcher held in reserve by the big league...
...announcing FORTUNE just received suggests a forthcoming publication which should prove to be most acceptable to the intelligent reading public. However, I am nearing my seventy-sixth birthday and while I hope to continue TIME, I am cutting off magazines. ... I wish you every success and regret that...