Word: thanked
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...which in no sense your future past is yet my past present for your future, and my past which was to have been will be as it was when it is and will be when you are being what I was when I will be as you are. I thank...
...Murphy accused Chairman Smith of attacking the Administration, Mr. Smith, red faced, jumped up, shook his fist under the lowan's nose. "By the eternal God," he cried, "I won't stand for these dirty insinuations! When we took the crown off the head of King George, thank God, we put itj-" "Y-I-A-O-U!" yelled the crowd. Mr. Murphy shouted back: "When you take the head off the shoulders of President Roosevelt, God only knows where you'll put it." During such wrangling Mr. Tugwell, sitting meekly in his chair, escaped much notice. After...
Hero-narrator is Claudius himself, least considered member of that Imperial family whose fine flower was Augustus, first Emperor of Rome. Born prematurely, and afflicted all his life with a limp, a stammer and a sense of humor. Claudius lived to thank his stars that he was not a conspicuous member of his clan. His grandmother Livia, Augustus' wife, was a woman of decided and dangerous character and her schemes for ruling the Empire made frequent use of murder. Claudius was not even allowed to marry whom he liked. The pretty girl he wanted was murdered on their betrothal...
...Thank you! I baked them myself. Oh yes, and the cookies, I baked those too. You see, both my father and my mother insisted all their daughters learn to cook. We were allowed in the kitchens when we were finished with our lessons, and I enjoyed cooking. King Boris is very fond of home cooked meals...
Responding to an ovation at the end of his last Government 1 lecture, Professor Lowell said, "Thank you, gentlemen, very much. There is one saddening thought about this, as it is the last lecture I shall ever give...