Word: sung
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...knew the sea only well enough to fear it, regarding it as a crawling, treacherous enemy, as indeed it was, and looking upon sailors as rude, blasphemous, uncharitable dogs, as indeed they were. They were also intrepid fighters and stout explorers. These are the songs, as they might be sung by a binnacle light over a can of flip, of the exploits of those who sailed in galleon, lazaret and caravel?a tribute...
...then wooed and won wealthy Widow Lederer, became head of the largest grain business in the country. Harry was then accepted by the Czechs and Slovaks as one of them, was consulted by eminent financiers, concluded millions of dollars' worth of business, became well established, had his praises sung by all and sundry. One fine morning as the sun winked at the spires of Prague, Mrs. Gray noted that her spouse had not returned from the cabaret around the corner. At high noon, Harry was still absent. Enquiries were made. People became anxious. More than one man of money...
...first offering was Die Meistersinger, sung by artists selected for stature as well as for voice. All were six-or seven-footers, of Prussian-grenadier proportions. Herr Hermann Weil, of the Metropolitan's pre-War staff, took the role of Hans Sachs, the shoemaker-singer of Nürnberg...
...operas, too, will be translated into English and sung in that language. The idea is to make it a centre for American operatic art−for singers, composers, dancers, scenic artists and all who have to do with operatic production. The ultimate investment will be over...
...entrances. The French or the Flemish text, next to the Latin Words, gave to the faithful an opportunity to follow the ceremony in all its details and to seize its full meaning, which was a fervent outpouring of piety, of thanksgiving and supplication. The proprium of the mass was sung in plain chant by the admirable Cathedral choir under the direction of the Abbe Van Nuffel; the ordinary was the polyphonic Mass Resurrexti from Max Springer, particularly adapted for stately celebrations." At the public hall, Cardinal Mercier received the first instalment (1,200,000 francs) of a huge purse which...