Word: visitores
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...novelist had never met Lawrence and as she had a house not far from where he was stationed she sent him an invitation to tea. She received no reply, but about two weeks later Lawrence appeared on his motorcycle. As it happened Miss West was out and the visitor was received by a secretary of some kind. Undeterred by the lady's absence he ensconced himself in the library and for several hours lectured the secretary on his exploits in Arabia. At length he departed as abruptly as he had arrived. A few weeks later he appeared again...
...dove of peace is never more than a transient visitor in several famous parts of the world, but in the last decade there has been no country quite as inhospitable as China. Barely a year had elapsed since that patient bird spread its wings over what was hoped to be a united nation under the banking regime. But last week the news dispatches carried the old story--the dragons of war have broken loose again and frightened the timid creature back to its Geneva sanctuary. The details are not unusual. A defeated general raises an army; a force sent...
...intuitions tenderly. "The moment we feel their presence, it is as if we saw the ripple over Bethesda and we ought to know that our chance is near. Silence, both exterior and interior, should prevail; we ought to be attentive but not eager or, above all, curious. The beautiful visitor is like a butterfly, no longer the same when caught...
...Cadets began the contest with a furious rush which swept them into a commanding lead. Headed by the brilliant passing and shooting of Strother, who alone accounted for 14 of his team's points, the soldiers peppered the visitor's basket to gain an early margin which Harvard was not able to overcome...
Since there was nothing else to do, the visitor spoke gently to the sobbing little girls. "Cheer up," he said several times. "Cheer...