Word: deathe
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...words of a French critic of note, of "a will which is strongly deemed to have the willing power, but which is powerless to furnish itself with motive for the deed." In speaking of the New Testament, John Ruskin has said what may be well applied to the death of the hero of the play, that the most soul-stirring picture drawn by the Savior is the terrible condemnation of the rejected,--not of the evil doers, but of those who have failed to do good...
Professor Charles Franklin Dunbar died at his home on Highland street late Monday night at the age of sixty-eight years. His death was quiet and painless. For some years he has been in feeble health, but no solicitude was felt regarding his condition until within the past fortnight. He had a son in the class of '78 and two in the class...
...displays the tragic power of retribution over characters whose faults are commonly regarded as superficial. The stern fate of the king is the result of vanity, which, by being fostered, became the prevailing power in his life. Indeed, the play may be termed a tragedy of retribution, not of death...
...death, Mr. Lowell bequeathed to the College Library all of his books which were not to be found on its shelves, but the greater part remained in the hands of his heirs; and these latter are the ones which have just been bought. There are 700 volumes which are handsomely bound and in many cases very difficult to procure. The subjects treated are of a very wide scope, but the strength of the collection is in the number of mediaeval French works which it contains. In addition, though in fewer numbers, are included works in mediaeval Spanish, Italian, Portuguese...
...plot consists of four main incidents--the arrival of Hilda Wangel, the approval of the builder's plans, the death of Knut Brovik, and the fall of Solness. It is incoherent and is, throughout, illogical, almost trivial. The crack in the wall, designedly neglected to cause the death of two children and destroy the happiness of half a dozen people, seems too small a peg on which to hang such tragic events. The abrupt and meaningless transition, in the scene between Hilda and Solness in the first act, from church steeples to the kingdom of youth, and back again...