Word: felting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...longer I felt his cheering glow...
...those who play Lacrosse or tennis, or those who do not? If it refers to those only who take active part in the games, the remark is merely a bald truism. No man would be such an idiot as willingly to engage in anything which he disapproved of and felt no interest in. But if the Advocate is referring to outsiders, what is the statement meant to prove? For surely it cannot be denied that to people who do not themselves play tennis, the game seems the most utterly imbecile and childish of all out-door sports...
...even the continual presence of beauty cannot make its power felt in the sordid soul. The attraction that influences yonder natives is not aesthetic truth, but vulgar gossip...
...good; why it does no one any good; and why so many fools, in spite of its uselessness, still train. And now I 'm going to give away to you this momentous secret. You 've heard the saying, "He knows not pleasure who hath felt no pain." Well, when vice satiates, when the cloyed appetites and enfeebled powers are no longer capable of pleasurable sensation, then (like the Romans of the Empire who made way for fresh banquets by swallowing emetics) men take to training as a last resource, - as the only means of future enjoyment. Eureka! The problem...
AFTER the four originally proposed performances of the Greek play had taken place, the actors naturally felt that they had done what they had agreed to, and that no more could properly be asked of them. But when a benefit for Mr. Riddle was suggested they gladly embraced the opportunity of showing their personal regard for him and their appreciation of his efforts. The readiness with which the proposal was met, and the enthusiasm displayed, suggested to the minds of some who were interested in the play the idea of a performance in aid of an Archaeological Institute in Athens...