Word: riotousness
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...John Burgoyne was born in London in 1722. The family was of good old stock. . . ." Gentleman Johnny, like many a brave young man of his day or of any day, spent his youth in riotous and genial diversions. A soldier but not inelegant, he wrote a letter to a lord and signed...
...there was born to the Rev. Lyman Beecher, a small contradiction, who was christened, after due consideration, Henry Ward. He was a contradiction because, although the son of a pious, even a studious clergyman, he spent his very early youth in moody or riotous behavior; his school work was invariably bad, his appearance and disposition uncouth, his only talents those of a buffoon. Later, still a contradiction, he spent his days in disseminating simultaneously the word of God and a most horrible scandal...
While black Elks last week danced through Harlem, shouting, in purple clothes and fine fettle (see p. 29), other Negroes held a less riotous convention elsewhere in Harlem. These were the members of the fourth Pan-African Congress, who had gathered from the U. S., the West Indies, Germany, Japan, India, South America, Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Nigeria, Liberia, South Africa, to discuss racial needs. Speeches were made, newspapers commented, resolutions were accepted and published. Speeches. Said Dr. Wilhelm Mensching of Petzen, Germany: "The fruits of love as outlined by Apostle Paul grow in the soul of the African." Said...
Great Britain seized Egypt as a protectorate during the World War and forthwith Zaghlul arose as the prophet of Nationalism. Eloquent, he whipped the natives into riotous frenzy against their new overlords. Twice he was deported by the British. After independence (with reservations) had been granted in 1922, Zaghlul returned in triumph to be elected Prime Minister, and later President of the Chamber of Deputies...
...keen huntswoman and an excellent shot." Not until the 1920's did she start writing and her first things won instant recognition, including an O. Henry Memorial mention. A professor-friend describes her: "Well above medium height of her sex; up standing, virile and vivacious. Hair plentiful, rather riotous and red. Eyes greenish-grey. Features large and full of character. The entire woman is instinct with indescribable charm...