Word: attempts
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...adds force to the moral. The point of the story, though not novel, is certainly unusual. It reminds one of Bret Harte, or to compare small things with great, of Goethe's "The God and the Rayadere." L. Simonson's "Death and the Young Man" is a fairly successful attempt at a modern reproduction of the "Dance of Death," a difficult task. There is an atmosphere of weirdness and mystery about the showman and his tent in the great forest; but the author fails to vitalize sufficiently the figure of the young man. "The Inevitable," by E. B. Sheldon...
...author, such as that it was William Shakespeare who introduced John Harvard's father, his neighbor in Southwark, to the Stratford girl whom he married. These guesses are for the most part put forth with due reserve and supported with ingenuity. The "Life" is, as a whole, a worthy attempt to give definiteness and to do honor to a figure to whom we all owe a grateful reverence...
...first is an amusing comedy, the second is pathetic, the third a broad farce. The reason for the adoption of these three short plays, in the place of the usual long play, was an attempt to appeal to a wider public...
...taking the ball from behind his own goal on a fake kick and running it out to the 38-yard line. In the early part of the scrimmage, the University team used three forward passes in five prays, making an average of 15 yards at each attempt. Wendell was the chief ground gainer for the seconds...
Lampy begins another annual attempt to earn his stipend with the very proper wish that his little harmless fun will offend no one and the knowledge that genial jokes are much better than those that hurt. The Eternal Freshman naturally appears again on every page, setting up housekeeping once more with the help of all the family, reflecting on life in general, introduced to the Dean by Mamma's thoughtful letter. The Office again has the centre of the stage, showing faces old and new. Again we are compelled to loiter By the Way and perhaps to wonder it Lampy...