Word: effective
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...humourist was a character painter because peculiarities of character were generally laughable. Ben Jonson was a humourist but he was especially a caricaturist and must be criticised as such. Caricature is a legitimate method of getting effect by overloading. This method is especially evident in the three following plays: "Cynthia's Revels," "The Poetaster" and "Every Man out of his Humour...
...were treated magnificently wherever they went, and whatever misgivings the faculty may have had concerning the effect of a tour like this, they will certainly be removed when they hear of the enthasiasm for Harvard that the clubs are used among our graduates, and in the various cities visited...
...gratifying. The Glee Club has seldom before shown, uniformly throughout a performance, such skill and ability, and the leader and other officers of the organization have brought up the club to an exceedingly high standard. The other clubs also have reached a high deree of technical skill, and delicate effect...
Their literature, too, which was very varied and extensive, was also influenced by the Greek surroundings. This literature had the effect of attracting a great number of proselytes. The influence of these Jews had great effect both in putting some spirituality into these merely ritual religions and in raising the intellectual tone of the communities in which they lived...
...short time ago you printed an editorial in regard to the Freshman Glee and Banjo Clubs. It seems to have taken no effect in the case of the Banjo Club, so I should like to ask, is it right that '94 be deprived of a banjo club through the neglect of the 'varsity club ? And since they seem to have deserted us, would it not be right to go ahead alone...