Word: details
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Perry yesterday continued his lectures on English Literature, his subject being "Pope." He discussed the Dunciad in detail and at some length, describing the literary enmities that had induced the composition of the work and giving some account of the victims "impaled like flies" who are now often remembered solely on this account. The concluding books are less personal than the first and the work ends with a very fine apostrophe. The coarse grossness of the Dunciad illustrates well the brutal spirit and thin polish of the century. After alluding to the pseudo-classical spirit that pervaded continental and English...
Yonder natives are two youths of the village. One of them is in no way noticeable; he is simply a common ape, of average stature, appearance, and intellect. He listens to his companion with that momentary acquiescence in every detail which all give to the dicta of their superiors. The other is indeed remarkable. His stature is so large as almost to be gigantic; his form is massive, yet not unwieldy; his face serious, yet not stern; his eyes full of craft, if not of thought; his body black and glossy, except across the breast, where runs the band...
...higher than those of the first two. How then can the result we have be explained? Is the system or theory on which Final Honors are given different from that on which Second-Year Honors are given? It certainly looks so. And if we examine the present case in detail, as far as an outsider is allowed to, we find that the facts are as follows : One man in the Honor examinations obtained an average of marks five per cent higher than any one else; he certainly deserved Highest Honors. Now whether others deserved them too, or not, depends upon...
...preparations for the performances of the OEdipus Tyrannus in Sanders Theatre, next spring, are being actively pushed forward, with every prospect of success. Professor White, as is well known, has undertaken the arduous task of general direction. The charge of the detail has been carefully allotted to other gentlemen, who will make a special study of the departments intrusted to them. Thus, Professor Paine will write the music; he has indeed already written the score for the first and second choruses. Professors Goodwin and Norton will attend to the costumes; Professor J. D. Allen to the dancing; Mr. John Wheeler...
...then, while there is every opportunity for a specialist to perfect himself in his chosen work, there is undoubtedly a scarcity of electives to meet the requirements of those who do not wish to pursue a subject in detail, but cannot afford to remain entirely ignorant of its important features...