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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...lectures on Johnson was delivered yesterday afternoon in Sever 11, before a large audience. Mr. Copeland spoke on Boswell's Life of Johnson. In the long line of literature, Swift, Johnson and Carlyle stand out pre-eminently for their personalities; and Johnson's place in this list is due chiefly to the very excellent picture Boswell has given of him. Macaulay never admired Boswell, claiming that he was simply a good reporter, but he was far more more than that, and his life of Johnson is surely the best biography ever written in English, probably the best ever written...
...form of delivery. In these respects she excelled Yale to a marked degree, and when there is also taken into account her strong line of reasoning and authoritative knowledge, one can easily understand the suspense with which the judges's decision was awaited. Yale's victory seems to be due to the spirit and earnestness of her speakers, and also to their thorough preparation to meet any line of argument at any point, with a concise and exact refutation...
ENGLISH 8.- There will be no meeting of the class on Tuesday, November 30. The note on Shelley will be due on Thursday, December...
ENGLISH 8.- There will be no lecture in the course on Tuesday. The note on Shelley will be due on Thursday...
...collection of pictures on the walls of the stairway leading up to the Library Reading Room has been enlarged by photographs of the church of St. Saviour's, Southwark, London, and by a view of the town of Southwark, including many noted buildings. The gift is due to the kindness of Mr. James Atkins Noyes, of the class of '83, who has recently returned from Fngland...