Word: scarlets
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...Then raise the scarlet standard high...
...steersman and oarsmen, complete in their long baggy breeches, were clad in white with the exception of a black waistcoat. At the rear of the resplendent boat the Caliph flew for the first time his personal standard, a green flag with a white star and crescent on a scarlet center, from which spread a number of white rays...
...TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE.-This classic of blue grass feuds has made the jump to the screen with the blue of its grass and the scarlet of its feuds unimpaired. There are thrilling moments while the feudists grip their revolvers in one hand, their moonshine jugs in the other, their rifles between their teeth...
...into it by the leading singers, made it a work of beauty. Miss Garden's medium voice sounded shop-worn, but above and below it was rich--and much could have been forgiven in return for the impressive manner in which she dominated each situation. The figure of Flora, scarlet-clad, waving to her departing husband from the battlements, is memorable, and the ensuing struggle with Archibaldo before he kills her, is a most impressive climax. M. Baklanoff, as Manfredo, outdid his comrades with a smooth and telling voice: M. Crimi's Avito was less inspired, though agreeable...
Professor Kittredge dwelt first on the significance of the weird sisters and said, "It has often been observed that the word 'blood' runs through this tragedy like a scarlet thread. It is no less certain that fate and metaphysical powers are prominent in every line of the play. Thus the tragedy of Macbeth is unescapably fatalistic, although the author does not render the bloody deeds of his hero inexcusable...