Word: courting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...following civil and military offices: President and Vice-President of the United States; President of the United States Senate (when not the the Vice-President); Member of the Cabinet; Senator; Member of Congress; Minister to foreign countries; Judge of the Supreme Conrt, of the District and Circuit Courts, and of the Court of Claims; Governor and Vice-Governor of States; Judge of State Supreme Courts; Major-General U. S. A., and those of higher rank (not by brevet); Rear-Admiral U. S. N., and those of higher rank; offices of similar grade, and honorary appointments under foreign governments...
...means excellent. The music is ragged and not over harmonious, with but a few catching airs. Miss Helen Bertram as Prince Julius was one of the few redeeming features; her songs were well rendered and her gracefulness received its due applause. Mr. Joseph W. Herbert as court jester amused the audience a good deal, but his drollery was far from being refined. The female fencers went through their exercises in a very creditable manner, and the drill of of the lansquenets in the last act was exceedingly effective...
...countless admirers of Sir Thomas Mallory and his delightful tales of King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table may almost be shocked by the ruthless way in which their heroes have been descrated in Mark Twain's last production "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court." There is a tone about the book which grates harshly upon the sensibilities of the reader-a tone which calls forth the feeling that the author would have succeeded far better had he displayed half the good taste that he has the humor. This last characteristic is the most noteworthy...
...Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain (S. L. Clemens). Chas. L. Webster and Co., New York...
...Gould, '91, denied that there have been precedents of sufficient importance and dignity for the senate of the United States to take recognition of for it is not a body that can abide by decision of an inferior court. He showed that Speaker Reed had misconstrued the rules and perrogatives of the house and that the rights of the minority should be taken into consideration at all times...