Word: servante
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...this copy is covered by a note in Byron's handwriting, as attested by the publisher, John Murray. In this the author implores 'those superior persons--the publisher and printer--that they will in future, less misspell, misplace, mistake, and mis-everything, the humbled M.S.S. of their humble Servant. Oct. 26th, 1821.' There are three volumes of Wordsworth's Poems, one of them made up of several 'first editions' as published separately, and all containing, in the author's hand, the corrections of wording, phrases and punctuation which he introduced into the later editions...
...answer to this argument the advocate of defense replies that it is not servile submissiveness which work in preparation for possible war induces, but steadfastness, discipline, and respect for authority. The United States will never have in any degree a military autocracy. Its democracy needs, however, an efficient fighting servant, which can be used to defend its members...
...literary finish which marked it once, it lacks also the affectation and the resolute cleverness of which it was once, not unjustly, accused. Best of all it has passed through the I. W. W. period; it has turned again to the ideals of its founders and become the servant of literature...
...towards the country, but more than that, the spirit of the University, its patriotism or its indifference towards the welfare of the nation, will be determined by the number of men who are willing to render service. The reputation of Harvard, with respect to its willingness as a public servant, depends upon the amount of individual sacrifice its members are willing to make...
...Shuberts, two seasons with the late Mrs. Le Moyne as well as many times with other engagements in which he has played many parts and acted as stage director. The most effective part Mr. Dornton has played in America was "the Bishop" in Charles Ram Kennedy's "The Servant in the House," on one of the Henry Miller tours...