Word: splendidments
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...rich natural resources and universal prosperity will naturally receive a larger and larger share of our surplus capital. Politically, we can have nothing but good-will for Canada's free and democratic government, which is in many respects a model for our own. But without impugning Canada's splendid loyalty to the British Empire, we should support all agreements tending to unite more closely the great English-speaking commonwealths of North America...
...into service and he accepts too readily the theory that as a result scholastic attainment is of small importance. Serious thought will refute such an idea. If a man does get into the army or navy the success with which he has pursue his studies here will be of splendid service to him in those fields. If he does not get into uniform, he must take his place as a leader in the era of reconstruction to follow. There education is not only an aid, it is indispensable. We are getting our real start in education while in such...
...deep personal obligation I owe the youth who has taken my place in the ranks. I want him to know my feeling. I want him to know that so far as my means and strength will allow, I intend to back him up in his cheerful and splendid service...
...difficulty in driving out of his head. Few of them make any impression at all. One exception to this is a song entitled "Oh My!" which Mr. Brian, aided by a male chorus which can actually sing, succeeds in getting across. There are no great beauties in staging, no splendid costuming. The humor, decidedly reminiscent, takes one back to good old antediluvian days and many of the lines which are presented to Mr. Frank Youlan, who upholds the comic muse, might well have been left out for all the mirth they provoked...
...outfits in this command have been having a fine time killing Germans. All three of them have been in it, especially one. I suppose you read about their splendid work. They killed them with picks and anything that came handy. I was out there the two days before the counter attack, and, of course, went out the minute we received the news over the phone, but things were comparatively quiet. The whole outfit volunteered to go into the trenches and a good many of them...