Word: affectionate
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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From this fact it will be seen what determined the choice of subjects which occupied Victor Hugo's imagination. Love hardly inspired him. On the other hand he celebrated family affection; and was almost the only one in France who could write about children. In the third place, he busied...
This mark of respect to one who stood so high in Harvard's esteem and affection is appropriate to the highest degree. The general public is necessarily apt to think chiefly of Marshall Newell the athlete. The real loss which falls heavily upon the University and upon his friends and...
The Christmas recess just ended has brought sorrow to Harvard men of all classes, and in all parts of the country by the loss of two graduates who held a notable place in the esteem and affection of Harvard University.
It has been proposed to erect in his native city of Edinburgh a memorial to Robert Louis Stevenson, and a committee of his Scotch and English admirers and friends, headed by Lord Rosebery and having among its number those as near to Stevenson as Mr. Sidney Colvin, Mr. George Meredith...
This correspondence, now published for the first time, is not only interesting as showing the growth of this peculiar friendship, perhaps affection, between two literary men, but is an addition of some value to the writings of Emerson. Many of these letters with their views upon life are veritable essays...