"To my thinking" boomed the Professor, begging the question as usual, "the greatest triumph of the human mind was the calculation ...of Neptune from the observed vagaries of the orbit of Uranus." "And yours," said the P.B.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I don't want her to have a cat because she'll end up talking baby talk to the cat. That's the way it is, and how can a P.I. do tha...t?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The death of William Tecumseh Sherman, which took place to-day at his residence in the city of New York at 1 o'clock and 50 minute...s p.m., is an event that will bring sorrow to the heart of every patriotic citizen. No living American was so loved and venerated as he.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
I am a Wasp only in the genetic sense; the P does not quite apply. As an Episcopalian I am technically an Anglican Catholic, meani...ng that I have a real feel for theological dottiness untainted by deeper questions of religious belief. I have no religious beliefs to speak of, but I stand four-square with the Highs against the Lows on Latin and incense, and I will go to bat for transubstantiation even though it means nothing to me one way or the other.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
A black pall, you know, with a silver cross on it, or R.I.P.--requiescat in pace--you know. That seems to me the most beautiful ex...pression--I like it much better than 'He is a jolly good fellow,' which is simply rowdy.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Pop Doyle: May you rot in hell, J.P. J.P.: When I'm dead and gone, you'll know what a friend I was.... Kayo: Why don't you drop dead now so we can test your theory?LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
screenwriter Tony Pastor, the pioneer of vaudeville, played the theater in 1876.... He had been preceded by P.T. Barnum, and ...an occasional performer such as Professor Simmons, "Great, Weird, Wondrous, and Invincibly Incomprehensible ... Basiliconthamaturgist."LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
To history therefore I must refer for answer, in which it would be an unhappy passage indeed, which should shew by what fatal indu...lgence of subordinate views and passions, a contest for an atom had defeated well founded prospects of giving liberty to half the globe.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In one sense it is evident that the art of kingship does include the art of lawmaking. But the political ideal is not full authori...ty for laws but rather full authority for a man who understands the art of kingship and has kingly ability.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »