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...unplumbed centuries of time Egypt has been a whet to the imagination and a conjuring-wand for dreams. Since the era of Joseph and Moses the land, half-shrouded in its veil of mysteries, has tinged with its own strange color the thoughts and actions of men. Antony learned there the subtle, inexpressible charm of the East; Napoleon and his army stood in awe before its pyramids; Shelley drew a moral philosophy from a fallen "Ozymandias"; and the modern world stands at the newly-opened tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen and finds therein another Renaissance...
...yard or so in length, transmitted in the ordinary run of business through the mail found life in a crate in an Ohio post-office somewhat tedious. They escaped and spent most of the rest of the day playing tag around the mail files and chewing broom sticks to whet their appetites. All of which led to their being reduced to the "harmless" stage with one of the few remaining broom-sticks wielded by a doughty mail clerk...
...oriental objects and the small collection of classical antiquities may easily whet the appetite of anyone who is sensitive to beauty and may lead the student to go across the river to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston where is one of the greatest collections in the world of Chinese and Japanese art, and also of Persian and Indian art, and where may be seen the best collection in this country of prints, of Greek, and of Egyptian...
...farcical comedy in Clare Kummer's most trivial manner. When we leave the theatre after the performance, we do not feel that we have come away with any lasting impressions. Yet this play entertained Broadway for a large part of last season, and as a sweetmeat to whet the palate it is a tasty morsel. The action, although a little slow in starting, is brisk throughout the play, and the dialogue is often sparkling. The one real drawback is the lack of reality both in plot and treatment, but this quality is the privilege of the farceur...
...fancies need a lighter whet...