Word: cast
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...upper-classmen, shame be upon them, encouraged the mischief-making youngsters by stamping themselves. The head waiter knows his busines well enough to correct any breaches of etiquette which visitors to the hall may make, and it is not necessary for freshmen, or upper-classmen of an equally youthful cast of mind, to take upon themselves the parts of censors...
...intimidated. For the Negro may still vote if he has cour-age enough to run the risk; but the frozen stream cannot possibly flow. Besides, a stream is not free to flow except when it is actually flowing, but a man may be free to vote and yet never cast his ballot. Thus by liberty we mean sometimes action and sometimes only permission; in the first case, action becoming possible becomes at the same time necessary, so that freedom means that a given force works unimpeded; in the second case, action remains merely possible, and freedom means that a given...
...will be noticed in the cast of characters that nearly every one of the important parts is broken up and assigned to several actors. The reason for this arrangement can easily be seen...
...would monopolize the important roles, and the rest would have so little to do that their parts would be of but little profit to them. By the plan of distribution that is adopted, this objection is as far as possible done away with. The strongest cast is not brought out in this way, but the whole club shares the benefit of acting. This arrangement, by the way, shows the absurdity of some of the stories that have been published in the Boston papers. The club does not intend to rival the Greek play in its performance, but simply to encourage...
...following is the cast of characters, First act: Cxsar, Cummings, D. S.; Antony, Litchfield, '85; Brutus. Baldwin, '85; Cassius, Winter, '85; Casca, Richardson, '86; Calpurina, Sanford, '85; Soothsayer, Kelleher, '85; 1st Citizen, Strauss, '86; 2nd Citizen, Bowen, '85; Flavius, Boyden, '86; Marullus, Roundy...