unearths some literary gems.
From The Smart Set, 1907:
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"Why...do scholars always think they must marry by logarithms?" [Henry Sydnor Harrison]
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[Hannah Dale is a character the protagonist is seeking, among a county full of people named Hannah Dale.]
But I was tired [of?] Hannah Daling.
[Howard Markle Hoke]
[Meanwhile, the protagonist has privately assigned the pet name Whimsie to a woman who delights him.]
I could induce her to tell me who Whimsie really was.
[ibid.]
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character name: S. Eugene Entwistle
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the violins were clearing their throats for the overture
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Note:
With "Puppets, Best and Worst" I was hoping for a reviewer's round-up of literal puppets; alas, the puppets were metaphorical and uninteresting.
