Word: suggesters
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Hitherto undisturbed in the belief that his "Areopagitica" had won the fight against censorship, Milton will undoubtedly turn uneasily in his grave at all this fire and brimstone. He might sensibly suggest that a discussion of the matter be relegated to Oxford, "the home of lost causes. And his proposal would undoubtedly find a host of supporters when it became generally known that a book could be suppressed under this bill for "a description of a man eating corn beef and cabbage with his fingers...
...suggest that the present reading knowledge and elementary distaste should be supplanted by two "reading knowledges" would be far too drastic. To suggest that such knowledge be a requirement for a degree rather than for entrance upon the joys of untrammelled juniority would be too radical...
Alexander Woollcott: "Miss Weir gallantly stormed a role that required at least a Duse . . . She needs voice training and experience. Time will inform her how to pronounce 'courage,' for instance, and will gently suggest that an actress making her debut in an emotional role would do well to wash her hands...
Finally they make their colleges delightful places to live in and, however hard they are working, seem thoroughly to enjoy themselves and make the most of any advantages they may have. I suggest that we take ourselves too seriously and make our problems seem too large
...Virginian and other novels: "I refused an appointment to handle funds to be collected in Philadelphia for German children. I gave as my reason the lavish expenditures by German profiteers 'conspicuous for their eating, their drinking and their jewels' which I had observed in expensive Swiss hotels. 'May I suggest,' said I, 'that before asking American help, you invite these German profiteers to look after their own flesh and blood. ... Perhaps you are not aware what is being taught about the War to German children in Prussianized schools, but you can hardly have forgotten the recent act of the German...