Word: swearing
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...must take the consequences?" The temper of the House was seen to be so markedly against the resolution that it was allowed to peter out by general assent, although no actual vote was taken. U. S. physicians recalled that famed vegetarian G. B. Shaw and numerous other enlightened Englishmen swear by the officially non-existent "bone setter...
...Creightons probably will be startled at the first interviews with prospective servants, because the half-breeds who will apply will try to show their attainments by talking English or French or German, languages they picked up from former masters. They will cross themselves wildly, swear they are criollos (creoles), but they will be mestizos, sambos, and even mulattoes, distinctions the Creightons will soon learn. These servitors, and people even more wretched, such as the native Indians, live in the southeast section of the city, down towards Lake Texcoco, in huddles of squalid cabins and terraces. Their mortality is terrible...
...continue? You have just as much chance of understanding those lines as you would have the whole Verse. I swear to that. But if you do make any sense out of these, please notify and I shall be glad to send you my last copy of the "American Mercury", provided you can find something in it worth reading. I expect to keep the "Mercury...
...Dawes had 65 guests at luncheon-the pages and employes of the Senate. He said to the pages: "Don't be 'hip flask' boys, and-I suppose I shouldn't say it, perhaps the chaplain should say this-don't smoke, don't swear and don't chew. Be clean; be yourself; stand against the crowd and you will amount to something." Charles G. Dawes received a note...
...Mitchell appeared with his counsel, Representative Reid of Illinois. As the Court was about to swear him, Mr. Reid objected. The Court was surprised. It was discovered that Col. Mitchell, while directed to appear, had not actually been subpoenaed. So a subpoena was promptly served on him. He still declined to testify, saying in a letter to the Court and to the War Department: "I am advised by my counsel that it would be inconsistent with my legal rights and might jeopardize my case should I be required to testify before the Naval Court on matters likely...