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...length the storm, which had been so long gathering, burst. The edict of the president and his wife went forth, commanding the two offenders to appear before them; and grimly they awaited the arrival...
...decry any attempt of ruthless vandalism to bring its existence to a premature end, but I would suggest that to its topmost boughs there should be attached a series of stone tablets on which these various interesting reminiscences should be engraved in letters at least half an inch in length, so as to be plainly legible in all this part of the State. But as the tree has no such historic merits on which to stand, it seems eminently proper that for the general improvement in the appearance of the Yard the obnoxious beech should at least be trimmed...
...Pardon me, sir," I said at length. "It was a sudden faintness, a - a - it comes upon me now and then. I have not been - feeling well today...
...Riddle's acting it is unnecessary to speak at length. No one needs to have his own good opinion corroborated. Mr. Opdycke certainly ranks second, and Mr. Guild takes the third place. For the rest, where warmth or individuality were wanting, we had the consolation of supposing that this deficiency only made the performance more thoroughly Greek...
Trust on! The truth will come to light at length...