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...Down East" is a gently relaxing New England pastoral. All the scenes are skilfully convincing, so that the audience, even allows such preposterous behavior as Henry, Fonda's turning Rochelle Hudson out into the storm. When the local gossip strides off to the skating party, one is amused; when Andy Devine comes in out of the stormy night, one is convulsed. The entire picture breathes a homely old-fashioned warmth. One becomes a little nostalgic for skating parties, sleigh rides, socials, and the days before the good roads had come to let the outsiders in and the insiders...
...style, and the bands of my vest and tunique laced with fine lace, of the color of my suit; and so, very handsome, by coach to nibble a bit at Will's. Here I did meet Sir Samuel Pepys, who greeted me merrily and did tell me some gossip from court, and all the while started at my new suit and I think with envy. Whereupon I did tell him my tailor and it did please him much. Whereupon I sought the occasion to borrow six pounds which I was glad at my heart...
Thence by foot to fleet Street where I made merry at Devil tavern with much mutton and wine and heard loose gossip of the queen. By and by a strange drowsiness came upon me--I fear from too much mutton--and I did dream a most strange dream, one more fit to fall upon the mind of our prophetic Bacon than a poor Vagabond like...
...Africa last month by the Dictator to inspect particularly the Northern Front under Old de Bono's command (TIME, Oct. 28). He also visited the Southern Front on which General Graziani has been forging up toward Harar and Ethiopia's only railway, returned to Rome fortnight ago. Gossip has had General Graziani vexed by Old de Bono's reluctance to send him as many troops as he has asked for. What the dashing General in the South might not listen to from the Qtiadrnmvir, he will presumably, as a professional soldier, listen to with greatest respect from...
...fact, you are just Business, an Octopussic, Parasitic, Stingy old Witch. And now you, when a sweet Doctor takes an interest in you which you don't deserve, cures you of the unmentionable results of a stupendous Orgy,--now you have the nerve to turn on him, spread nasty gossip, tell tales...