PHRASES OFTEN MET - XVII: savoir vivre (Fr.) - knowledge of how to live, breeding, and manners. sine qua non (Lat.) an indispensable condition - a thing absolutely indispensable. soiree (Fr.) - an evening party. Sotto voce - in an undertone. subpoena (Lat.) - under penalty, summons to attend court as a witness.
The first time for a long, long while Lester came down from the country. In a way, I was glad to see you but I can't bear for you to touch me. I am glad I could help mother with dinner. I would have done most anything to keep from being alone with you. Mrs. Thompson's sister says that I will marry young. She has always thought so. "I give you two years." Oh, if she could know. I am so glad you called, John - it brightened an otherwise weather beaten evening. In washing my hands - my ring slipped almost off. I pushed it back on and pressed it to my lips. The soap was not very palatable.
PHRASES OFTEN MET - XVII: savoir vivre (Fr.) - knowledge of how to live, breeding, and manners. sine qua non (Lat.) an indispensable condition - a thing absolutely indispensable. soiree (Fr.) - an evening party. Sotto voce - in an undertone. subpoena (Lat.) - under penalty, summons to attend court as a witness.
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ContextThis is the journal of Virginia Lee Scott, my grandmother, written when she was seventeen and first dating my grandfather, John Arnold Wilson. It's a dairy published by Media Drug Stores and includes space for two entries per day, with facts about the era printed at the bottom, which I have included in italics. Following, 1928, is the journal of John Arnold Wilson, my grandfather, at age nineteen and in love with my grandmother, followed by my grandmother's journal in 1931. Archives
April 2018
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