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Word: contrasted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...They are filled with reminiscences, carved in wood, of many generations of youths, some of them destined to become the pride and honor of their country, as well as of their school. Other buildings of most approved modern structure, mingling with the old, form a very pleasing and striking contrast...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harrow-on-the-Hill. | 1/27/1886 | See Source »

...education?" (eight pages long and "continued in our next.") "What do the signs of the times predict," and "Capital punishment." The work of all the southern papers is crude by northern standards, excepting always the Virginia University Magazine, but their tone is one of intense seriousness, strongly in contrast with the flippancy of some of their northern brethren. For something entirely novel and original, however, one must look to the West, to the so-called seats of learning that have sprung up with such appaling rapidity where lately the majestic red-skin roamed. Every month there come, with a whoop...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Note and Comment. | 12/7/1885 | See Source »

...little to the general. As regards the Eroica, the writer certainly never heard a better performance. So perfectly was the comper's idea expressed that toward the close of the second movement the intensity of feeling became almost painful. The scherzo, following this, makes so much of a contrast that it hardly seems in keeping with the rest of the symphony. The fifth symphony of Beethoven presents a much better example of a consistent whole, resting on a psychological. In it the name scherzo, is omitted from the third movement, which is essentially tragic in character and thus sustains...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Symphony Concert. | 12/4/1885 | See Source »

...exterior of the volume is really excellent. The covers are neat, but none the less attractive, and their lack of elaborate design is quite consistent with Harvard custom and taste, while it is in strong contrast with the show and elaborateness displayed on similar publications by other colleges...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Index for 1885-86. | 11/30/1885 | See Source »

...been for the strong west wind which blew across the field, no better condition of weather could have been wished. Before the game the sophomores were generally expected to win, and were strongly backed by their friends. The styles of play of the two teams were in sharp contrast. '88 relied almost entirely upon her half-backs to play a rushing game, while eighty-seven trusted to the long kicks of her half-backs and the rushing of her quarter-back. Eighty-eight excelled in tackling, but eighty-seven was by far her superior in team play, and with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '87-'88 Foot-Ball Game. | 11/17/1885 | See Source »

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