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Word: fates (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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...come to the French this woman who has hitherto been of but secondary importance, suddenly steps to the front, she commands our attention, holding us transfixed while present and claiming our thoughts while absent. She is no longer the degraded wife, worthy only of loathing, she struggles against her fate, is vanquished, but not without making the most heroic efforts to overcome the poison of her passion. Before we finish the play she has not only succeeded in interesting us, but she has won our pity and sympathy; nothing could be a greater tribute to the genius of Racine than...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor de Sumichrast's Lecture. | 1/15/1895 | See Source »

...inevitable workings of fate were never better illustrated; Phedre's fate is settled from the beginning of the play it is little short of madness for her to hope to successfully combat the will of the Gods...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor de Sumichrast's Lecture. | 1/15/1895 | See Source »

...time of Corneille's Cid man was constantly called upon to fight either for his country or honor, so that strength of character and firmness of will were as necessary to existence as life itself. Corneille put Don Rodrique face to face with fate and then left him to conquer or perish as might be. It is the wonderful consistency with which the character of the Cid is developed in relation to the other personages in the play which mark the genius of Corneille...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor de Sumichrast's Lecture. | 1/8/1895 | See Source »

...Tuesday evening after the sad accident to a party of our fellow students had become known, the fear arose that the disaster was even greater than was at first supposed and that a fifth student had met his death. Nothing, however, could be learned definitely as to his fate, and we were not forced to abandon the hope that he might yet prove to be alive. His mother was very ill, and it was earnestly desired that she might be spared the shock which any whisper of danger to her son would cause and which, perhaps, she could be spared...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/17/1894 | See Source »

...deprecate the spirit which manifests itself in a shrug of the shoulders and an expression of indifference as to the fate of the nine. It is not manly. No pluckier thing has been done in Harvard athletics for many a year than the creation of this year's nine out of the material afforded. There has been an honest effort to make the best out of unfavorable circumstances and to represent the University in creditable fashion at least. This has been done, and we feel that there is occasion rather to thank Captain Wiggin and his men for what they...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/7/1894 | See Source »

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