Word: characterizing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Like all other cadets, I am living in Edgar Poe's old room, which in common with his numerous other old rooms, has his name scratched on the window pane. I firmly believe that the troubles of West Point lent his character its peculiar despondency.
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON.- It is interesting to follow the history of Harvard journalism, and to note the changes that have gradually taken place in its character from the first issue of the Harvard Lyceum to the
last issue of the DAILY CRIMSON. Gradually it became lighter in tone, gradually, we must admit, it became less truly literary in character. The first paper undertook alone to represent the whole of college life, now three are required,-four, for the CRIMSON SUPPLEMENT is so different from the daily...
The plot of the book is fanciful and strong. Many of the situations are dramatic and intense in feeling, and the fantastic moods of the central character, Richard Beverly, are admirably worked out. But although, as a whole, we heartily commend the plot, there are a number of instances where...
"This discussion naturally falls into three divisions, (1) the art of acting, (2), its requirements and practice, (3) its rewards. The art of acting is the art of embodying the poet's sensations, of fathoming the depths of character, and of tracing its emotions. To the actor the phrase, 'Art...