Word: declaim
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Lisidor and Marin have also gone there with the same hope in mind. Seeing Crispin dressed up as a doctor, they denounce him, but are in doubt as to his identity when he begins to declaim some Latin which he has picked up. He is finally recognized by all, however; and excuses his own and Geralde's conduct by the love of the latter for Alcine. Lisidor gives way to his son and the matter is quickly arranged to the satisfaction of everyone...
First, a want of logic, almost absurdity. characters say the opposite of what they would naturally say, and do the opposite of what they would naturally do. They do not speak; they declaim. The situations are exceptional and extraordinary. The characters are all conventional: The old man, the young man pursued by fate, the traitor, the mysterious man who knows everything...
...Eastern tongues," with the theory of Hebrew, Chaldee and Syriac grammar in the morning, and practice in corresponding Bible texts in the afternoon. (6) Friday was given up to rhetoric. All students were taught the principles of rhetoric and were required to practice English composition and once a month declaim. (7) Saturday at eight o'clock in the morning, all the students were taught "Divinity Catecheticall" and at nine o'clock "Common Places." These latter were common topics of scholastic discussion and digests of doctrine, argument or opinion. (8) The last place in the curriculum was given to history...
...yards dash was decided by but one of the three judges, is preposterous. To say that, in as close and exciting a contest as the one in question was, two of the judges were "not looking," must surely seem absurd. It was, at any rate, entirely unnecessary to declaim against the decision of the "one judge" on the ground that he was a Harvard graduate. The statement that the members of the Harvard team admitted that Yale had won the event has absolutely no foundation, and is evidently a foolish, partisan exaggeration. No stress can be laid on the fact...
...competition for the Boylston Prize Speaking, the speakers will be called up in alphabetical order, beginning with the senior class. If any competitor has a recitation at the hour appointed, he may declaim at some other hour agreed upon with Mr. Briggs...