Word: charming
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...decorations are delicately fresh and have a certain sparkling charm of which early artists were utterly ignorant. His handling is wonderful, robust and healthful, while the clearness and sharpness in his outlines give a competent appearance to his work which is essentially modern...
...most informally. His narrative overflowed with striking anecdotes, amusing details, and startling bits of information. He showed a great sense of humor and his witticisms added much to the enjoyment of his talk. He was even quite ready to imitate the various cries of the animals he described. The charm of the address lay largely in his personality, and any reproduction of it is impossible...
...great majority of students, who are not interested in debate, the Natural History Society offers a lecture by Paul Du Chaillu, the African explorer. Mr. Du Chaillu is a fascinating man to meet, and in his books and lectures there is the charm of first-hand knowledge of his subject which is present in his conversation. His career has been a varied one, full of exciting adventures and interesting experiences and of these he speaks very entertainingly. His lecture is sure to be valuable for the information it will contain and delightful in the way in which this information will...
...style which Wendell Phillips introduced was mainly characterized by its conversational simplicity and charm...
Even such men as Theodore Parker, Garrison, and Frederick Douglas, though far surpassing Phillips in force and weight of reasoning, were unable to compete with the charm of his eloquence. It was like a parlor chat and yet it completely disarmed his hearers of their objections. No one ever lived who knew better the value of the short sentence and the seemingly modest preparation for his argument. "Only the indolent wave of the ocean can parallel one of his powerful rolling sentences." Like Milton, he gave many particulars and was never vague...