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Word: websterisms (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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Much possessed by Death, like Elizabethan John Webster but not to such a pitch, Faulkner's poetic tone of voice is more reminiscent of other poets, notably A. E. Housman. than of his own nightmarishly poetic prose...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Proseman's Poem | 4/24/1933 | See Source »

...Fred Webster '35 will succeed G. C. Streeter '34 as head of the Social Service Committee, Cullison Cady '35 will take the post formerly occupied by M. S. Knowles '34 as chairman on the Foreign Student Committee, while J. M. Estabrook '34 and Knowles will share the duties formerly carried on by W. I. Tucker '33 as chairman of the speakers Committee. The Mission Committee will be headed by Winthrop Lee '36, who succeeds F. C. Welch '33. A. B. Martin 1G will assume the duties of chairman of the Law School Committee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CABINET IS CHOSEN FOR BROOKS HOUSE | 4/21/1933 | See Source »

...Dictionary of the English Language- Samuel Johnson (1755): Noah Webster's American Dictionary (1828); Century Dictionary (1889-91): Webster's International (1890); Funk & Wagnalls' Standard (1893): Oxford English Dictionary (1884-1928): Wyld's Universal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Lexicon | 4/3/1933 | See Source »

...Webster and Lincoln," Assistant Professor Matthiessen, Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 3/7/1933 | See Source »

...Webster and Lincoln," Assistant Professor Matthiesson, Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 3/6/1933 | See Source »

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