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...VIOLATIONS OF THE VOLSTEAD ACT AND OTHER CRIMES. (Of course the other crimes such as-burglary-arson-murder-THEFT-etc., etc. are nothing at all in the eyes of the ultras-as compared to the possession of a "pint tickler of yaller corn" "that would make a jack rabbit spit in a bulldog's face...
...like watching some horrible reptile die-something that writhed and spit slime though dead a thousand times...
...personality the Sardinian is grave and dignified, chivalrous and hospitable. Unfortunately he is nearly always poor and generally illiterate. Luxury to him means a tummy replete with porchettu, or sucking pig roasted upon a spit. Between piglets he subsists upon a diet featuring frue (sour milk) and a sweet fresh cheese. Hardy, he is apt not to notice fleas...
...price of his loans to one Bassanio, is not one for starched shirts and diamond dignity. The demeanor of flawless respectability which has so often served able Actor Arliss well now plays him false. He finds it difficult to add writhing to his words as they eject ". . . and spit upon my Jewish gaberdine." He finds it difficult to scream "My daughter, my ducat...
...what is expressed by a very familiar phrase, "cram up for the quiz and forget it." They read up the chapters assigned the night before the quiz. There is no time for taking notes. They go to the section meeting remembering words, phrases, and paragraphs-mere print-and spit out all those which seem to have any application to the questions, with a sensation of relief at being rid of them. And, of course, they forget that mite because they accumulated only words and phrases which were not organized into any definite ideas on the subject. When the final examination...