Word: buttons
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...right stood a young man of the unquestionable dude stamp, whose sole energy seemed to be concentrated in masticating the head of his cane, or regarding with languid anxiety the lily in his button-hole, while he occasionally gave vent to ejaculations of "by Jove," "deuced clever that." Our companion informed us that he was a Beck Hall man, and, if he lived, would probably graduate in the class of nineteen hundred and eighty...
Lost.- Probably on Jarvis Field, a black cuff button, marked with "F" in gold. Finder will please return it to 46 Grays...
Lost.- Probably on Jarvis Field, a black cuff button, marked with "F" in gold. Finder will please return it to 46 Grays...
...must not recite. It has been the custom in England to demand a false inflection in tragedy, while naturalism is demanded in comedy. It is not the measured recitation of a long speech, but a short sentence which is often the more effective. Garrick's, 'Prithee, undo this button,' was remembered long after his more stately passages were forgotten. The actor who relaxes from a natural to an artificial tone loses force. To be natural on the stage is more difficult, but a grain of nature is worth a bushel of artifice. Nature may be overdone by triviality when exaltation...
FOUND. A cuff and button. Apply to Auditor, Memorial Hall...