Word: thank
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...office continued to force the Repertory to go to the ends of the earth for its scenes, and to the musty files of the theatre for its plots, we shall thank God that some gracious chance has thrown Louis Lean Hall into the best pot-pourri. He, with an artistry unique in that cast, achieves the most fascinating transitions in play after play, from African brigand to English sea captain, from doctor to slave without the least show of strain. Long live his daily bread...
...Chipps, the jurors heard Defense Lawyer Dayton Moses declaim: "Thank God, in Texas you don't have to wait until you are shot down to protect your own life. Dr. Norris is a man of courage. He had the right to kill Chipps the minute he came into his office door, but he did not. He waited until Chipps came back, rushed at him to carry out the promise he [Chipps] had made to Mayor H. C. Meacham [of Fort Worth, who was not permitted to testify in this trial] to stop Norris or kill him. Poor Chipps...
Last September, out in Denver, I was standing in the entrance to the Brown Palace Hotel when a small newsboy approached and asked me to buy a paper. "Buy a Post, lady." "No, thank you." I answered. "Oh, buy one," he insisted, "why not?" "Well," I jokingly answered, "I'm afraid it's a bit too yellow to interest me." "Yellow! why lady, you're color blind. This paper's green...
...half years ago, funeral services were held at the First Presbyterian Church in Chicago for a great reformer of a great reform era. Two little boys and two little girls stood up, pointed to the coffin, recited: "Miss [Lucy Page] Gaston, we thank you for what you have done for us," and then repeated the "Clean Life Pledge" which Miss Gaston had taught. Miss Gaston's body was cremated, according to her wishes...
...very sick, and I know also the love and affection that he really has for me. I know the sentiment that caused him suddenly to change his formal decision not to see me again. I have friends who always have defended me before the King, and I sincerely thank them, as I thank the King, my father...