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...three-year-old promptly hauled it out of the royal waistcoat, inspected it solemnly. Stepping backward H. R. H. trod on the foot of an urchin named Patrick...
...growing Atlas, he said: "From the beginning it has been absolutely independent. It has kept itself free from all alliances or affiliations as a matter of considered policy. Because of this, it has been slower in working out its destiny than otherwise. . . . But it has at least trod on firmer ground...
...country-wide depression notwithstanding, the forty-eight members of the Harvard Instrumental Clubs trod the usual path of roses on its Christmas trip to the Middle West. A succession of Harvard Club luncheons, tea dances, dinners, concerts, and debutante balls kept the Instrumentalists busy and reduced the number of sleeping hours to a minimum...
...spring night in 1878, the Captain of the "Pinafore" trod his first deck, and the eternal Victorian verities of "yea" and "nay" crumbled at the Captain's "Well, hardly ever." In a year's time, more than a hundred Captain Corcorans were cavorting nightly on as many stages in America alone, and "that infernal nonsense Pinafore" was running in everyone's head. No clergymen dared say "never" of a Sunday morning, for fear of a snicker from the pews; and when a minister intoned "For He Himself hath said it," some rogue would be sure to whisper...
This might have caused countless horses to turn in their glue pots, for it is the ultimate disgrace since the advent of the horseless buggy. Ever since the horse lost the rest of its toos, it has trod on them to oblivion. Soon the use of the horse will become a fond memory, along with the mustacho cup; and legend will have Lady Godiva ride a tricycle through the storm of ticker tape that greeted her for her non-stop flightiness...