Word: woe
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Woe, woe to lie-hunters! Gottlieb was decrepit, Leora gone. Arrowsmith tried life as the scientist husband of a rich widow. No good. Finally he buried himself in the Vermont woods, tracking down bacteriological verities with Terry Wickett. As the world saw it, he had "failed...
...Exceptions to this may be made, it goes on to explain, in the case of a Freshman who is riding on horseback or who has both his hands occupied. Furthermore, "No Freshman shall ask his Senior an impertinent question," doubtless lest the latter be shocked. And woe betide the unhappy Freshman who failed to observe the next rule, that "No Freshman shall laugh in his Senior's face...
...needs the gold to pay a ransom, seeks out Alberich, takes ring and helmet from him. "Cursed is he who wears that ring," cries Alberich. Then lovely Erda, mother of the Norns, appears to Wotan. "Twilight shall come upon the gods," she says; "their proud towers will crash down. Woe to Wotan." Shaken by this awful utterance, Wotan gives the ring to the Giants, forthwith leads the gods over a rainbow to Walhalla while through the brassy progress of his going rings a sound of far despair-the cry of the Rhinemaidens who lament, with sad throats from the depths...
...with a shout if they thought that Princeton Theological Seminary shook in a single stone of its ancient foundations. This noble nursery of faith and piety and the other evangelical seminaries of the Presbyterian Church are the hope of the Church for tomorrow. If these fountains be poisoned, then woe to the Church...
...Dazen's the tale of woe reached its climax. "Not only have we not had any more men than usual," said Joe, a clerk "but there has been a decided decrease. Yes, that is absolutely so. We have had between 25 and 50 men a day less than usual. I'm sure I don't know where they all eat, if they eat at all, which seems doubtful. "No wonder," he added with a laugh, "no wonder they couldn't make Memorial Hall...