Word: thees
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...christen thee Cyclops...
...exception to the rule on this occasion; on the contrary, the governor was greeted by the pupils en masse, waving the Star-Spangled Banner and singing-yes, singing! Were they singing "The star-spangled banner . . . long may it wave," or "My Country 'Tis of Thee" or "The Red, White and Blue ?" They were not. They accompanied the waving of the Stars and Stripes with singing in chorus "The Sidewalks of New York." It can hardly be conceded that such doggerel is a national patriotic air, yet these children are indirectly being taught to so consider it. In years...
...This opening sura, the equivalent of the Christian Lord's Prayer, goes: In the name of God, the compassionate compassioner. Praise be to God, the Lord of the Worlds, the compassionate compassioner, the sovereign of the day of judgment. Thee do we worship and of Thee do we beg assistance. Direct us in the right way; in the way of those to whom Thou hast been gracious, on whom there is no wrath, and who go not astray. The sixth verse coincides word for word with the 11th line of the 27th Psalm. The religious student notes further...
This summer, Carl Maria von Weber has been dead a hundred years, but his name is much remembered. "There never was a more German composer than thou . . . The Briton does thee justice, the Frenchmen admires thee, but only the German loves thee."* In Germany, they are talking, singing, playing, reading Weber. Even during his lifetime, he and Bethovenšwere Germany's most popular composers. Weber's melodious songs influenced Wagner and his polonaises inspired Chopin...
...that thou art safe, that duty is for thee...