Word: familiarize
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...story has a social theory which he is constantly uttering, - that mankind is comprehende din three classes: gentilsh mmes, bourgeois, artistes, and to these he always adds, "et moi, je suis artiste." Gentilhomme, as he uses it, is equivalent to our gentleman, and the meaning of bourgeois must be familiar to every one with the slightest familiarity with French literature. In passing, however, we may say generally that the difference between bourgeois and gentlemen is that the former are governed in their conduct by religion as they understand it, and the latter by their sense of honor.* The term artiste...
Strangely enough, Mr. Jenkins concludes from this statement that the great philosopher was a man of needy circumstances, arguing that if he had been familiar with any musical instrument more costly than a "penny whistle," he would not have drawn this comparison...
...asked to join in the game, he readily accepts, and the manner in which he handles his cue is ample proof of years of diligent practice. The duty of paying rarely falls to his lot. With the extraordinary effigies which adorn modern playing-cards he is exceedingly familiar, and it is noticed that his hand in poker is not infrequently of a pictorial character...
...motion of Mr. Ferry, it was decided to have two gentlemen, not graduates of colleges, but familiar with boating matters, to serve as witnesses of the race, to be called upon by the judges in case of any disagreement. On motion of Yale, it was also carried to allow a judge to every college, and to levy a tax of $25 on each college, to provide flags for the Freshman race and a flag for the single-scull race, the former not to exceed the value of $60, and the latter of $30. Each college then presented the name...
...laws which we should follow in studying our own literature. Surely no rational being would deny that in reading a great play in any language, the object is, first, to grasp the action as a whole; secondly, to learn the author's distinctive ideas and opinions; thirdly, to become familiar with his style; and finally, to descend to the details of grammar, of philology, of history, of geography, etc. But with us this order is reversed, and "the finest literature of the world" is buried out of sight under a mass of important nothings, scholastic notes and comments. Of course...