Word: smote
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Dates: during 1922-1922
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...Lloyd-George has always been as skillful in disentangling knots as in avoiding the torpedoes of the enemy. He has been inclined to use Alexander's method of untying a knot, caring little whether he smote a little to the right or left of the true center as long as the entanglement was loosened. Perhaps the two-edged Wish sword is dulled from smiting; or perhaps the rope today is stronger than usual...