Word: grand
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...leetle dears, you 've paid your money, and you shall see the grand and glorious sights of 'istory and nature, vich vill henlarge the hintelleckt and gratify the cravinks of the expandin' soul for the glorious and sublime facts and figgers of this revolvin' and orbicular planet upon vich the 'uman family at present resides! Hevin' blowed your noses, you will please hobserve the rules of propri-arity. Don't scrouge, nor say "Oh!" and don't breathe on the vinderpanes! SCENE FUST: Napoleon at the Pyramids. - Napoleon may be seen vith the naked eye a sittin' upon his favorite...
About ten weeks ago there appeared three lines in the Advertiser, to the effect that fifty supers were wanted at the "Boston"; and the next day three bold youths applied to the proper authority, and were promised a role in the Saturday matinee. In "Faust" they had a grand chance to display their military training. On Monday "Il Trovatore" found five already in the secret. But the triumph was reserved for Friday night, when "Aida" brought them out twenty strong. With what pride did the standard-bearers look upon the rowing men, who were selected to bring in the victorious...
...assumed a very high position, and are probably among the most generally read histories of English literature. Byron is one of the few for whom Mr. Taine does not find a superior or even an equal in French literature, and is called by him, with genuine feeling, "le plus grand des artistes Anglais...
...than Manfred. There is that peculiar irreverence in both, especially in "Cain," with which he was so often stigmatized. They both abound in fine verses, both show deep thought. "Cain," I believe, develops some peculiar ideas on religion, some very fair reasoning, and curious statements, which, amongst all the grand imagery and marked characters, are apt to somewhat disturb the mind of a cursory reader. The object of these remarks is to suggest that Mr. Taine, in doing Byron's "Manfred" full justice, might have given some of his other dramas a more prominent place, which they certainly deserve...
There those grand old trees have stood for nearly a century and a half! Through the years which witnessed the struggle for emancipation from the tyranny of the mother country, the war of 1812, and, lastly, the great fight for the equal rights of the whole human race, the elms by the Granary Burying-Ground have continued to increase in beauty and strength, until they have come to be to many of us a much-loved memorial of our forefathers and their times; and in their gnarled trunks, as in the furrows of an aged warrior's face, we seem...