Word: ares
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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And a hearty party, too, we are;
It is as a novelist that Bulwer is really famous, although as a dramatist, a poet, and an essayist he will compare favorably with many of his contemporaries. Of his novels those best known are "Pelham," which he wrote while quite young, and which first made him a reputation; "My...
In Bulwer the desire for effecting political ends is not so patent, if it exists at all, as in the works of D'Israeli and other novelists in public life. Society, and even history, are Bulwer's debtors.
His dramatic works are not numerous, but many of them rank well. "The Lady of Lyons" and "Richelieu" are the two most worthy his genius. Little has been left unsaid in praise of this latter work, which portrays so faithfully the characters of the weak sovereign, Louis XIII., and his...
But wherever you are, O Freshman I forget not the matted hair, the bloodshot eye, the rapacious claw of Slippery Mike. Remember that he is an outlawed man, made desperate by hunger, hardened by the recollection of many crimes, and when in the cold, dark hall, with trembling hand you...