Word: brass
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...evident originality in the way that the sea nymphs, cherubs, thistles and insects are grouped around the edge of a page. One, "a chained monastic," is bound with oaken covers and a pig-skin back. The finest manuscript is one in Dutch, bound in velvet, with back covered with brass of arabesque pattern, having jewels inlaid and some bone figures carved in alto relievo...
...verbal pyrotechnics. Think, for instance, of a "top gallery, separated from the world below by a light cloud of blue muslin, from whence floated the music of Wheeler and Wilson's" - sewing machine, we read it first, but it turned out to be a band, - presumably a full brass band. The "elite" and "chaperones," we are told, were all present, and, almost in the same breath, are mentioned the hackmen, florists, and opera-house and hotel managers. These stood outside the gate and "rubbed their hands with glee as the lucre rolled in." What depth of expression and of insight...
...first number was Flotow's overture to "Stradella," which was successfully performed, with the exception of a noticeable weakness in the brass in the first part. Prof. Paine's "Commencement Hymn" was well rendered by the Glee Club. Mr. Dunham very successfully performed a piano solo by Liszt, receiving a hearty encore. Gade's "Winter Song," by the Glee Club quartette, was received with an encore. Mr. McCagg's solo, Schubert's "Impatience," was excellently given, and proved one of the finest features of the programme. The following-named college songs were then given by the Glee Club...
...professor; he waltzes three hours without resting - professor; plays the fiddle and imparts to others the secrets of the diabolical art - professor; walks a slack rope stretched across the street - professor; goes without eating twenty days - professor; rides four horses bareback - professor; sings in the choir - professor; teaches a brass band - professor; cures warts - professor; plays billiards for a living - professor; trains dogs - professor; performs some clever trick of sleight of hand - professor; does anything in the world except teach, and knows less of books and schools than he does of heaven - professor...
...went on bout a piece of brass...