Word: wonted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Egypt, on a date now set at circa 1400 B. C. Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed. . . . And when the hour was come, He sat down, and the twelve apostles with Him. . . . And He came out, and went, as He was wont, to the Mount of Olives: and His disciples also followed Him. . . . And He that was called Judas . . . drew near unto Jesus to kiss Him. . . . Then took they Him, and led Him, and brought Him into the high priest's house...
...much a chip of the old block to try domesticating a wanderer. Gus's evening found him unchanged as ever, hardened irrevocably in his ways. A grandfather now, with his children leaving home for the specious advantages of town, foreigners and automobiles invading his old-fashioned peace and wont, Gus was rightly reputed richest man in the countryside, but it never affected his clothes or his habits. He still worked hard, took his butter and eggs to market himself, pulled his own teeth...
...Tarka goes, leaving the big house empty for Cooper and Sten to utilize in falling in love. When Cooper's wife returns the harm is already done. There is a surprising tragic end which we wont spoil...
...Louis Wiley power was conjoined with goodness, masterfulness of intellect with kindliness of heart. This man had it within him not only to do with all his might whatever his hands found to do, but he was wont to perform his daily labors with the same grace and joyousness as a mother serves her beloved child. It was because of his rare gifts and disposition that Louis Wiley was able to overcome handicaps. . . . With such a nature, it was inevitable that he should regard the Press as a social agency and not as a personal vehicle...
...abuse which rises like a viper in our midst and strikes at the very foundations of Harvard life. The commuter problem now appears trivial compared to this new and horrid situation that the Vagabond has unearthed right under our very noses, nay, in a place that one is wont to associate with all that is highest and finest in the University. We refer, gentlemen, (Stand back, sirl) to Widener Library...