Word: charming
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...sort of merit that is usually found in the comments of a competent foreign observer upon the institutions of any country. Things that attract little attention, and so are often not at all remarked or understood by those who live under a given system, strike a stranger with the charm of novelty; they are tacitly compared with other institutions, and their true character is often more keenly perceived and brought out by such observers than by any others. De Tocqueville's book, parts of Prof. Dicey on 'The Law of the Constitution,' and such a treatise as Cottu...
...which shows maturity of thought and excellent mastery of language. The task of describing a character is accomplished without the usual effect of wearying the reader. The idea of the whole sketch resembles in a way Hawthorne's "Christmas Banquet." Two stanzas on "A Dead Girl" are full of charm; the idea of death being "beguiled" by her smile is such a one as might have occurred to Heine. A rambling poorly-told story entitled, "Leaves Picked in a Cemetery" and some book notices make up the rest of the issue...
...Persian poet's life. The choice of words is in many instances made with exceptional insight, as when he speaks of "jewels which had drunk of fire," or of the "dusty caravan," or again, "an old man, on whose brow the knots of pain were loosened now." No small charm is lent the rhythmic flow of the lines by the melodious oriental names used here and there. The poem is a very welcome departure from the abstruse and would-be metaphysical lines that fill the columns of college magazines. Mr. Bruce's success in this narrative style ought to encourage...
...third meeting of the Conference was held last night in Sever 15. The speaker of the evening was Mr. Garrison, who addressed the society upon the life and poetry of Alfred de Musset. He spoke of the great natural charm and vivacity of de Musset. The delicacy of his style; of his wasted life and the griefs which caused the sad tone so prominent in his later poems...
...large audience greeted Prof. Lanciani yesterday evening and listened to his learned and instructive words on pre-historic Rome. The chief charm in all that he says lies in the feeling that he is so directly and so intimately connected with the subject he is treating. His subject and his personality each gain by their close association...