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...hero was the wittiest man in Manhattan. His wife left him because he was so witty that he never had time to be serious. All of which fell pretty fiat, as Mr. Seldes neglected to supply him with one real witticism during the evening...
...wittiest man in the House of Commons" (TIME, April 7, 1924). His interjections have become bywords: "Lloyd George may be the wizard of Wales, but he's the blizzard of Britain;" "The man who'll come out on strike for fun will go to hell for pleasure...
...Lord Darling, who, until he retired in 1923,† was the wittiest and the most sarcastic Judge of the King's Bench, introduced a bill to regulate press reports of law cases. The bill calls for a maximum fine of $2,500 or imprisonment for three months, or both, for the publication of any indecent matter which is revealed in court. The measure is aimed particularly at divorce cases and under the proposed laws-as in France-newspapers are to be limited to publishing the purely legal aspects of the proceedings, provided, of course, that it does not violate...
...Jack Jones,*irrepressible Labor M. P. for Silvertown, "Wittiest man in the House of Commons," was said to have "convulsed" his colleagues (with the sole exception of the Rt. Hon. David Lloyd George) by saying: "Lloyd George may be the wizard of Wales, but he's the blizzard of Britain...
...have clipped out that absurd dialogue and sent it to a friend of mine at Baliot All England should enjoy a loud laugh at our expense. They are the wittiest race on earth, and Johnny Harvard was of them. Fill him up a glass. WALTER CLINE...