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A remarkable feature of the last twelve months has been the recrudescence of the dirigible, which is now in far greater esteem than it was a year ago, or for that matter, ever before. In the past there is no doubt that progress was hampered by arguments between the advocates of “heavier than air” and “lighter than air,” and a curious notion that the one could only exist at the expense of the other.

- Fred T. Jane (ed.), All The World’s Aircraft (1913) [full text]

He thought of at least three houses in the village where that very night he would have found lights and laughter and clever talk, and the prodding sympathy of earnest women who made the sternest happening of the day seem nothing more than a dress rehearsal for the evening’s narration of it.

- Eleanor Hallowell Abbott, The Sick-a-Bed Lady (1911) [full text]

Mr. Parker winked at his daughter and paid her tribute. “Penny has built up quite a reputation for herself as an amateur Sherlock Holmes. Running down gangsters is her specialty.”

“Dad, you egg!” Penny said indignantly.

- Mildred A. Wirt, Guilt of the Brass Thieves (1945) [full text]

Mr. Parker winked at his daughter and paid her tribute. “Penny has built up quite a reputation for herself as an amateur Sherlock Holmes. Running down gangsters is her specialty.”

“Dad, you egg!” Penny said indignantly.

- Mildred A. Wirt, Guilt of the Brass Thieves (1945) [full text]

To-day everything is completely changed and except as a war machine the aeroplane is of little interest or use to anyone.

- Fred T. Jane (ed.), All The World’s Aircraft (1913) [full text]

To-day everything is completely changed and except as a war machine the aeroplane is of little interest or use to anyone.

- Fred T. Jane (ed.), All The World’s Aircraft (1913) [full text]

A remarkable feature of the last twelve months has been the recrudescence of the dirigible, which is now in far greater esteem than it was a year ago, or for that matter, ever before. In the past there is no doubt that progress was hampered by arguments between the advocates of “heavier than air” and “lighter than air,” and a curious notion that the one could only exist at the expense of the other.

- Fred T. Jane (ed.), All The World’s Aircraft (1913) [full text]

He thought of at least three houses in the village where that very night he would have found lights and laughter and clever talk, and the prodding sympathy of earnest women who made the sternest happening of the day seem nothing more than a dress rehearsal for the evening’s narration of it.

- Eleanor Hallowell Abbott, The Sick-a-Bed Lady (1911) [full text]

The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;
He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly.

- Clement C. Moore, A Visit from St. Nicholas (1823) illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith [full text]

The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;
He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly.

- Clement C. Moore, A Visit from St. Nicholas (1823) illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith [full text]