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Hamlet: Ay, marry, why was he sent into England? Clown: Why, because 'a was mad. 'A shall recover his wits there; or if 'a do not, 'tis no great matter there. Hamlet: Why? Clown: 'Twill not be seen in him there. There...
...quiet. Then they broke-in French, German, Italian-into the Swiss Rufst du Mein Vaterland, which goes to the same tune as God Save the King. Here and there a tall, pale-eyed individual intoned the words of Britain's national anthem. Two Americans sang My Country 'Tis of Thee...
...salvos were uncommonly close, as you may have noticed, though I am told that some of those between decks mistook them for our own guns firing, a good example of the proverb 'When ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise...
...reports reached the University yesterday from New York that the original copy of "My Country "Tis of Thee" had been auctioned off, Widener Library officials peeked into the Treasure Room and announced that they still had the original copy in their possession...
...unite Catholic and Protestant, Jew and Gentile." The crowd, waving U. S. flags, chanted again as in Philadelphia: "We want Willkie!" During one interlude of cheering, Maestro Walter Damrosch, sitting in a box, jumped up, and tried with husky voice and tears in eyes to sing My Country, 'Tis of Thee. Willkie finished his speech. The crowd rose to the national anthem, while the spotlight held their candidate in its silver glare...