Word: failings
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...which resemble the psalms of the Old Testament in form, in tone and in expression. The most striking resemblances occur in the class of psalms called penitential. Several of these productions were translated. When the Jews were exiled at Babylon in the sixth century B. C., they could not fail to be impressed by the splendid ritual of which these psalms were a part, and it is not unlikely that they may have adopted some of them, with the necessary changes in favor of monotheism, into their own psalm-book. The stereopticon views presented temples, sacrificial laws, and psalms...
...experiences told by, or happening to, celebrated personages, all tending to show the value of the power of conversation. Perhaps the two most interesting talks are those on Garrick and Sheridan; they are nothing more than anecdote after anecdote, no critical analysis of the men: still they cannot fail to impress the reader. Here and there we find a touch of orginality, perhaps in no conversation more than in "essays in titles...
...than usual, but at any rate, not so much of it will "go to the whistlers." Last night's performance at the Globe theatre was in every respect a success. Before so immense and on thusiastic an audience the respectable company which Mr. Stetson has brought together could hardly fail to sing well...
...games of the Amateur Athletic Union, this afternoon and evening, cannot fail to prove one of the most interesting athletic events of the year. Not only will the contests prove highly exciting in themselves, but their outcome will have an indirect bearing upon the spring games of the Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Yale and Princeton are both represented today by men who will doubtless take a prominent part in the Mott Haven games, and the comparison of their work with that of Harvard's athletes today may serve to show a trifle the outcome of the college games this spring...
...correspondent has entirely neglected to mention. It is not necessary to quote price-lists of rooms and furniture to show that a reasonable number of men can be accommodated in the college buildings at an average price of $22.00 for rooms and $1000 for furniture annually. Those who fail to draw cheap college rooms can find out side lodgings at $2.00 a week without difficulty...