Word: wish
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...machine. Enlightening experiments had been made with this machine in 1903, but it is a matter of record that the Wright ship was the first actually in flight. Orville, grieved that his machine would not go to Washington, asserted that such was his late brother Wilbur's wish. But under the circumstances they preferred London, and credit where credit...
...used to shuffle cards like this," he said, "in a wash basin. It's such fun. You let your fingers roam down through them till you feel a big flat book. Then you make a wish. Like this, for instance...
...wish I may, I wish I might...
...wish this blue book is written by Zakewski...
...editorial goes on to wish a left-handed success to the successors; but that is not the point. In their nostalgia, the retiring editors are unaware of the essential humour of their remarks. They have found the Jester to be a sorry creature; but they forget that a sorry creature; conscious of his sorriness is pretty amusing to watch. Without their knowing it he has been sorry all along and I for one, have been amused by him. His imaginary figure fitting over the incubus of the proposed chapel or the Yale-Harvard scoreboard is as actual as any greybeard...