Word: firm
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Both firm and true, that...
...appeals of itinerant pedlers and orange-men. It is not always a wise course, however, to feign absence; for the other day, on my paying no attention to his rap, a poco of archaeological tastes carried off my door-mat, with the intention, probably, of representing his firm in the old clo' department at the Centennial. But, as a general thing, if one wishes to avoid trying on the new varieties of "Patent Braces," and other articles of wearing apparel, he will best secure his object by studying the peculiarities of gait among pedlers. It is an easy matter...
...lower classes, indeed! And, pray, who are the lower classes? Are they those whose hardy forms, made strong and firm by the noble labor for which the body of man was made, support the great fabric of the state, which the puny Sybarite would helplessly allow to fall asunder? Are they those whose active minds, unsullied by the thoughts and traditions, which the Old World has left behind as eternal monuments of its infamy, find in themselves the germs of truth, disregard the plaints of the timorous observer of the past, and proudly direct the course of the ship...
...window which has lately been placed in Memorial Hall is another sample of American work, and shows what a state of perfection the art of making stained-glass windows has attained in Boston alone. The present window was executed by the well-known firm of W. J. McPherson & Co., and is the first purely mosaic stained glass window ever erected in this country. By mosaic stained-glass window we mean one wherein all the effect of light and shade is obtained, not by the use of paint, but by the sole use of various colored glasses so disposed that...
...Class of 1844 secured the services of the artist, Mr. John La Farge, and he has the honor of making the original cartoon for the window; but the one to whom most credit should be given is Mr. MacDonald, of the above firm, by whom the utter ignorance of the artist in regard to the right division of the figure by lead-work (which in the construction of stained-glass windows is all-important) was overcome, and the present richness of color and fine effect obtained. This central or figure portion of the window represents the Chevalier Bayard standing...