Word: curious
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...current number of the Lampoon is easily up to the standard. The centre page drawing, although evidently intended to be taken seriously is yet very funny from the artist's curious conception of horses and his grotesque style. The best individual picture are a halfpage drawing representing an optical illusion, and two small sketches illustrating rather time worn jokes. Contrary to custom, the long articles are easily the best reading of this number. Deserving of especial mention is a clever take-off on a recent Advocate story, and a pretended unpublished letter written by Li Hung Chang...
...speaking of Dickens this evening-in Sever 11, at eight o'clock-Mr. Copeland will discuss his power of improvisation, his success in humor, his failure in pathos, and his keenness of observation, with the curious use to which it was put by his imagination in the portrayal of persons and places. A part of the hour will be given to Dickens's great humorous characters, notably Mrs. Gamp, Dick Swiveller, and Sam Weller...
...editorial shows a poor appreciation of the merits of the Faculty's policy with regard to student theatricals. It is curious to put student comic opera in the same class with the plays of Ben Johnson and Racine...
...curious story with an unreal situation. The mountains with their queer people and customs are faithfully and vividly painted, however, and analyses of character are masterly. One feels though that they somewhat overbalance the story...
...largely to blame unless the support is better than it has been. This is the last chance this year for Nineteen hundred to show that it is at all interested in its eleven. The class has an opportunity to retrieve itself and to help the eleven win. We are curious to know whether or not the class will attend the game and show its loyalty...