Word: bound
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Homer, Shakespeare and Dante are closely bound together, though their methods of expression differed widely. Homer is plain and direct in the substance of his thought, and in the expression of it. With Shakespeare it is different. His characters have lost the simplicity of the older race. He is neither plain and direct in thought, nor in expression. Each of these poets, however, showed to us the scene of life without the interference of their own personalities. They showed us nature as reflected in a mirror. Dante is both a poet and a moralist. He is not content to give...
Italy in the Dark Ages was different from the rest of Europe. Though made up of separate and distinct states bound in no way to one another, one thing formed a bond of union, and that was the imperial grandeur and authority of Rome. The influence of her traditions were strong. The story of Roman deeds was known to all men, and her language formed the basis of the new language which had its origin, during the early party of the twelfth century, in a growing demand for expression. The Roman Church also had a strong hold upon the minds...
...fine system has been introduced a certain set of men have made it a business to keep books for days and even for weeks after they were due. I have been very anxious to get a certain book due February 1, but the gentleman who has it now is bound to keep it out of circulation. Several offences of a similar nature have been reported to me by other...
William Bowdoin Hyler, of Thomaston, Maine, left Newport News, Virginia, on the fifteenth of last October. The vessel was bound for Barcelona, Spain, and has never been sighted or heard from since it left port. Hyler was a student in the Medical School the last two years. He was substitute pitcher on the 'varsity nine in the spring of 1893 and went on the trip that year. Before he entered the Medical School he attended Tufts College where he pitched on the nine. He was a good wrestler and a well-known member of the Boston Athletic Association...
...that the examinations are removed from our immediate circle of vision, we can look at the question of their abolition from a standpoint that is fairly unprejudiced. On one point in the abolishment that seems bound to come in time, I should like to have information. The outside world, which admittedly knows a little about the subject, has severely frowned on the present system. The "student body" has almost unhesitatingly declared against the long examinations held twice a year. The opinion of the Faculty shows an emphatic tendency towards doing away with mid-years and finals. Our professors are constantly...