Word: certainly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...have abused the privileges of the Library have been so often exposed and held up to scorn that it is a wonder they, and others like them, do not take a warning. Ever since the 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...
Interest centres chiefly in the final meeting Saturday, when Hoyt gives an exhibition in pole vaulting, in which he holds the Harvard record. Jack is certain to break Exeter's record in this event. Two Harvard athletes will give exhibition high jumps...
...question concerning what Shakespeare intented to teach by his play, and whether the madness of Hamlet was real or feigned, have formed the themes of countless discussions. It is probable that Shakespeare never contemplated teaching any lesson. He was much too great an artist for that. It is certain that, whatever may be the result of these discussions, it will never be known what Shakespeare thought about the madness of Hamlet. The mystery in the play is its chief attraction. It would have been easy for Shakespeare to make a puzzle in the first four acts, and to solve this...
...Ivan Tonjoroff contributes the explanation of "Why I Left the Army." In spite of paragraphs one sentence in length and sentences equally abbreviated we learn the reason without much excitement. The tale has a certain atmosphere of familiarity about it which makes the reader feel that he has been there before...
...second week of Mr. John Drew's engagement at the Hollis begins March 11 and is certain to be a great event theatrically and will partake of the nature of a social function as well. Since he first became a star, three seasons ago, he has rapidly forged to the front, until he stands in the position of a leading American actor who produces American plays and with American companies. His art is such that there can be no denial of his success, and every play that he has produced has been noted, not alone for its literary merit...