Word: roofless
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Nine churches, eight of them by Wren, were destroyed. Dr. Samuel Johnson's house in Gough Square was roofless and gutted, but his extra-size chair and first edition of his dictionary had been rescued. Old Bailey, scene of famous and infamous trials, was partially burned; the Temple, already battered by a dozen bombs, was set aflame; and the Inner Temple, sanctum of British law, had five of its buildings burning at once. Its great Gothic library was reduced to rubble...
...each production, a chorus of 84 "Muny"-trained native sons and daughters, a professional ballet of 16, a symphony orchestra of 50, a different cast of first-rate performers for each presentation (an innovation). On good nights when it does not look like rain, he may pack his roofless house with 8,000 spectators-1,600 of whom get free seats. This season's repertoire includes: The Desert Song, Madame Pompadour, The New Moon, Blossom Time, Show Boat. For its first few years the project staged only light operas, such as Robin Hood, The Mikado, The Yeomen...
...river darkened and thundered towards the mill race, light came full on the high façade of decay. Incredible in its loneliness, roofless, floorless, beams criss-crossing the dank interior daylight, the whole place tottered, fit to crash at a breath. Hinges rustily bled where a door had been wrenched away...
Until she broke her hip in 1922, her habit was to sleep under the stars on a wall-less, roofless porch. She arose early, greeting milkmen and "newsies" on her morning walks. She would have no automobile until very lately, when she could not refuse her brother's gift. "Woman of character" her biographers call her, keen-minded, a voracious reader, benevolent, an alert citizen, "one to know whom is a benediction...
...then went on to describe how he came to the island, pursued and roofless, and how the people had so kindly received him, and how he had enjoyed their hospitality and had shared their sorrows and joys. " Thus we learned to know, understand and appreciate each other. Now the mo- ment has come that I must bid farewell to Wieringen and would like to shake you all by the hand, thanking you for all you gave me. Terribly difficult years they were for me, far from my Fatherland and family, but they were made bearable by the friendly human feelings...