Word: charming
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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magically vivid and near interpretation of nature; since it is this which constitutes the special charm and power of the effect I am calling attention to, and it is for this that the Celt's sensibility gives him a peculiar aptitude. But Europe tends constantly to become more and more one community, and we tend to become Europeans instead of merely Englishmen, Frenchmen, Germans, Italians, so whatever aptitude or felicity one people imparts into spiritual work, gets imitated by the others, and thus tends to become the common property of all. Therefore anything so beautiful and attractive as the natural...
...Celt's quick feeling for what is noble and distinguished gave his poetry style; his indomitable personality gave it pride and passion; his sensibility an nervous exaltation gave it a better gift still,- the gift of rendering with wonderful felicity the magical charm of nature. The forest solitude, the bubbling spring, the wild flowers, are everywhere in romance. They have a mysterious life and grace there; they are Nature's own children, and utter her secret in a way which makes them something quite different from the woods, waters, and plants of Greek and Latin poetry. Now of this delicate...
...early literary efforts he deals only with small families, like a beginner who does not feel sure of his footing. "A Foregone Conclusion," with its Italian flavor and charm, is representative of this period of his writing. He later handled more numerous characters, surrounded by more complicated circumstances. In this class of his writings he introduces together with realistic detail, a type which is brought out and emphasized by his skill in individualizing character. "A Modern Instance" is an example of this style of novel and although furiously attacked for the grim and sordid tastes which it details...
...woman is gracious, who does more than mere duty demands, who is appreciative and lovingly enters into the life of each one whom he or she meets. We are more apt to notice this trait in the child with its subtle charm and winsome ways, "the gracious boy who doth adorn the world into which he is born." Grace is the fairest, the rarest gift of life. We are often content if we are told that we are doing our duty but what would a home be when all did their duty and nothing more, it would be decorus, severe...
...glory of these Venetians lie in their masterly use of color. Whatever their subject, it was beautified by wonderful contrasts of light and shade. Color is usually associated with gaiety and frivolity; but those old masters did not treat it gaily or flippantly, and it forms the great charm and beauty of their work. Their bold massing, their sharp and delicate contrasts, have never been equalled...