Word: felting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...from the character of the hero, and not from any great admixture of foreign matter. But in King Lear we have two distinct plots and a large number of indispensable personages. It is noticeable, however, that there are no purely comic scenes in the play,-as if the poet felt that the subject was too harrowing to admit such episodes...
...charming Mary Anne. Upon my honor I was never so much in love; I never was before in a situation to which there was not some objection, but here every flower is united, and not a thorn to be found. This is the most agreeable passion I ever felt: sixteen, innocence and gaiety make me quite a Sicilian swain. I have given up my criminal intimacy with the Edinburg women; in short, Maria has me without a rival." This would seem like a most satisfactory condition of affairs, but the fickle heart of Boswell could never remain true to anyone...
...will, could conjure up airy domes and pleasure houses for Kubla Khan and Abyssinian maids, to solace his night solitudes, while he, Lamb, could not muster a fiddle. And so he concludes that there was nothing inspired in his own poetry. I must confess to having felt the same mortification. There is my friend C., who has wonderful visions in his sleep; and when in a tone of conscious superiority, he tells me of them, I become so jealous as almost to grow to hate him. Why, a short time ago he dreamed of the end of the world...
...hands the means of regeneration. It is very evident that the material of our athletic teams must be improved. The best material of the college is not in them. But we cannot hope to effect the improvement by pressure brought to bear upon men who have never felt an interest, or taken active part in athletic sports. The work should be more gradual, and more thorough. The training schools of athletics as of learning, must be the preparatory schools. All our best men in athletics came here with high local reputations, and it is upon them that the hardest work...
...some respects, well founded. It is not wise however, to pass too hasty a judgment on this proposed experiment. It is, without doubt, a firm opinion among the students, that some method, can be devised that will obviate the annual conflicts of faculty, athletic committee and students. It is felt by many that a radical change only can accomplish this end. It will, however, take time and careful consideration to hit upon this much desired plan. A body made up of members of the faculty and students, governed by rules growing out of the report decided on by the preliminary...