Word: snaked
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Moffat Johnston, as the Count de Bardas, a villain who was nefarious with all Victorian thoroughness, played, his part well. He was an admirable snake in the grass with a most gracious smile for his puppets and a devastating frown for his enemies. In the midst of prodigious excitement and complication he seemed to keep a very clear head and came within an ace of being the victor. The comedy element in the guise of Sieur de Beringhen, Gordon Hart, was effective in spite of the fact that his elongated person did not particularly suggest a gourmand. Ernest Rowan...
...thought in mind and that is to set himself safely on the throne at all costs. In his wooing of Lady Anne, widow of Edward, Prince of Wales, whose blood is scarcely dry on his sword, Gloster presents his suit with all of the cunning of a snake charming its prospective prey. The lady assents, and as she departs Mr. Leiber gives a very emphatic sneer and a disparaging remark on the constancy of women. All through the play he uses men as his tools and then throws them aside with no compunction. There is no excitement about it; they...
Near St. Petersburg, Fla., a rattlesnake spied baseballer George Herman ("Babe'') Ruth hunting quail, sneaked after him. bit a hunting dog in the leg, sneaked away without biting "Babe" Ruth. While his friend administered serum to the dog. "Babe" Ruth, incensed, set out after the snake with a large...
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...Broussa, Turkey, Constantia Shemseddine declared that a snake which had crawled down her throat four years ago was still sticking its head out of her mouth once a day to breathe. Annoyed, Constantia Shemseddine made plans to have the snake removed...