Word: charme
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Cary, as is said, has Miltonized Dante and Mr. Longfellow's work while the best in metre is often misleading. In Professor Norton's translation the sense is rendered literally and almost word for word in prose, perfect in strength and elegance. The charm imparted by such flawless form in which each word chosen is felt to be the only word perfectly suited, is so great that one reads and forgets to miss the swing of a metre...
...book will be a revelation to Harvard men and people in general to discover how much there is to be seen almost within sight of Memorial Hall, certainly within a radius of ten miles of Cambridge, for most of Mr. Bolles' rambles have been within those limits. The chief charm of the book is, perhaps, its simplicity and its unaffectednes; and who knows but that Mr. Bolles' book may do for the surroundings of Cambridge what Scott's "Lady of the Lake" did for the picturesque lake region of Scotland...
...with Mr. Lowell in 1876 and 1877 when he had the fortune to be his pupil. He tells of his first impressions of Mr. Lowell, his peculiar manner of conducting his courses, the influence of his wonderful personality upon all the men with whom he came in contact, the charm of his evening receptions, - or rather "smoke-talks" at Elmwood, and the human friendliness which characterized all of his relations with undergraduates. The reminiscence has a simplicity about it which renders it thoroughly enjoyable...
MANAGEMENT H. U. B. B. C.LOST. - Knights Templars Charm. Suitable reward if returned to E. E. Chick, Peabody Museum...
Suffice it to say that the volume is on sale at the Co-operative, and that a perusal of its contents cannot fail to charm away the ennui which is liable to come to all of us at this season of the year...