Word: serpents
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...Germany. Her capital, the City of Luxembourg, rises aloof and serene upon a small plateau. Her mild and irreproachable consort is Prince Felix de Bourbon-Parma. Last week a dire project was under way to introduce into this quiet Eden a prodigious roisterer, a mighty brawler, a veritable Serpent...
Despatches finally asserted that the young Grand Duchess had signified her willingness to permit Serpent-Man Zubkov to enter and reside in her Eden, but solely on condition that he prove himself capable of respecting the public peace...
That parasitic serpent on the tree of knowledge, the Professional Tutor, is brought under the glare of undergraduate analysis in the current Advocate. Surprisingly enough, the process leaves the reader with the distinct impression that the genus is not entirely poisonous; potential virtues he has, avows Mr. Herz, even though they are outweighed by his sins...
...Bilbo was attacked by his onetime law partner, Gambrell Austin Hobbs, in typical Mississippi oratory. Wrote Mr. Hobbs: "... A curious compound of audacity and folly, like a child who would make a plaything of the serpent's rattle. His mind does not realize probable results. Emerging from perfect obscurity by the criminal court route, carrying with him the odium of an indignant attempt on the part of the Senate to expel him-he went before the people to tell a story in which his own part had been one of infamy. He assumed the role of martyr. ... I stood...
...told about a new pamphlet he was having printed: "Old Glory will still be on the cover, but in addition to that I've put down below it another picture with the international flag flying above Old Glory, with a serpent on it. And the text will say that all blue noses will strive through the League of Nations, the World Court and other instruments for foreign entanglements, to tear our flag down, and that a vote for foreign entanglements is a vote for frequent wars...