Word: gorgeous
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Breton side he had his deeply imaginative and conservative qualities and from the Gascons his light and vivacious nature. He received his early education in a Breton Roman Catholic seminary, where thought was simple and religion sincere. From there he went to Paris, where he found everything more gorgeous and splendid and less real and earnest. To complete his education he went to another seminary, where he first learned that he was not a Christian in the real sense of the word...
...there are some brilliant exceptions, as the goldfinch and the rose breasted grosbeak. Next in rank come the warblers. These are very little known as they are chiefly forest birds and all go under the name of "the little gray birds," though some of them have the most gorgeous red and yellow plumage. Two of the warblers are fine singers, the water thrush and the golden-crowned thrush...
...Crystal Slipper follows the Soudan at the Boston Theatre and gives promise of great success. The well-known fairy story never had a better presentation, with its beautiful scenery, gorgeous costumes and brilliant transformations. The piece has been slightly changed since its last presentation here, and besides, new features have been added by music and ballet. The principal parts are all well sustained. Miss Ida Mule as Cinderella. is always welcome. The melodrama continues for two weeks...
...living plants themselves. The artists in every case make a careful botanical study of the living plant before beginning the model, and all parts of the latter are made with its living counterpart beside it. All classes of flowers are to be represented, from the most gorgeous and bizerre of Orchids to the humblest of wayside weeds; and one is as successfully reproduced as the other...
Robert Mantell will present the romantic drama "The Corsican Brothers" at the Globe Theatre this week. The masquerade ball scene, in which a ballet and other specialities are introduced, is a gorgeous spectacle...