Word: courtly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...overhead work surer. Sweetser's chief weakness lay in the fact that he neglected to go to the net when an opportunity was offered him, and that he often allowed Niles to get to the net when he might have kept him in the back of the court...
George E. Bird '69, of Portland, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Maine...
Francis J. Swayze '79, of Newark, N. J., Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey...
...attacks of the clergy did not cease with "Le Tartuffe," nor after the death of Moliere, who all through his life continued the struggle in the conviction that he was the leader of the new forces and was supported by the court. The spirit of "Le Tartuffe" harmonized with the great festivities of the year 1664, when Moliere was at the apogee of his career as grand master of ceremonies...
...Misanthrope" the mental process by which Alceste becomes a cynic is that which took place in Moliere's mind. Disappointments at court, failing health and the character of Alceste itself produced general cynicism. Here the dramatist scores the court excesses and attacks society at large...