Word: bitingly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...blood begins to manufacture an antidote to this special poison and eventually becomes immune to it. From the blood of the horse the antidote is extracted, and this in turn is preserved and sent to hospitals so that it may be used to cure persons suffering from snake bite...
This book is quick with moments of such beauty as only Walter de la Mare can achieve. There are sentences on every page that bite one. I could quote whole paragraphs but the space is denied...
...death of King Alexander of Greece from the bite of a pet monkey puts added zest into the speculation that is rife in Europe as to the person of his successor. For a successor he is likely to have. The Greek people seem to be in no particular hurry to establish a republic; they seem to be quite contented with the constitutional form of monarchy. So all that remains is to pick another king from among the numerous candidates for the position...
...justified when we find such an attitude. If the restaurant owners showed some desire to lower prices when it is possible, if they could show figures that would justify their position, the public might have some sympathy. Investigations are usually like the bark of a dog. There is no bite. But at least they serve to stir up public opinion, and this will in itself force the restaurant owners to take more nearly equable profits...