Word: cannot
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...tendency to sliver, to row the last part of the stroke with the blade only partly covered, and to turn the oar before it is fairly out of the water; the whole finish is slovenly. This fault seems to be the worst, and till it is corrected, the crew cannot hope to row the shell steadily. Next to this, comes the dead catch; and till this is vivified, they cannot hope to row the shell fast. Mr. Loring is coaching them daily from the coxswain's seat, from another boat, and from the bank. His painstaking deserves and promises...
...natural airs, - and it is wonderful what a variety it furnishes, far greater than was ever produced by the complicated mechanism from which the old romance-writers ground out their dreary tunes. If the seventeenth-century novels give a true picture of the life of that day, one cannot help thinking how differently life, as regards conversation, was arranged then from what it is now. In those times every one had a good deal to say, and had plenty of time to say it without interruption; but now, although we are just as talkative as our ancestors...
...congratulate the Pierian Sodality on their excellent concert in Lyceum Hall last Tuesday evening. The selections were, as a rule, played with rare fidelity and - spirit, and when we compare the poor success of last year with the triumph of this, we feel that too much praise cannot be given to the patience, skill, and good taste of Mr. Deane, the leader. The absence of the Glee Club was severely felt, though the orchestral parts of the programme were agreeably supplemented by the duet and solos of Messrs. Babcock and Morse...
...beginning of the second part, was in our opinion by far the best. The peculiarly calm, finished, and classical style of the author was rendered in a style which showed careful practice and artistic appreciation on the part of the orchestra; but to Jungmann's "Heimweh" we cannot conscientiously say justice was adequately done. The rich sweet chords of Fesca's trio for piano, violin, and 'cello by Messrs. Deane, Taussig, and Apthorp were happily expressed, though more practice would undoubtedly be followed by greater proficiency...
...fault may lie in my own stupidity; for I confess that even yet I cannot see the connection between politics and chimney-pots, or between personal allusions to the character of prominent politicians and good taste in architecture. When I go voluntarily into a political meeting, knowing that I am to hear a speaker who holds views opposed to my own, I am bound to sit still and listen courteously to whatever he may have to say, and it is my own fault if I hear anything I don't like, But when I go to a lecture on Fine...