Word: haled
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Flies." One of Mrs. Howe's poems referred to the rivalry of the ladies of Venice in dressing their gondoliers in the most elegant liveries. This poem was rapturously applauded, and, though brief, received as much praise as given to any during the evening. The Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale read two selections from "Mr. Ingram's Double"- the Double's success at Governor Gorgeous' Ball, and the ruinous consequences of the imposture at the town meeting. Dr. Hale's reading lent an additional interest to this charming bit of comedy. Mr. William Winter moved the audience deeply when...
AUTHORS' READING.On Longfellow's birthday, Monday, Feb. 27, an authors' reading will be given in Sander's Theatre, beginning at 7.15 p. m. The readers will be Julia Ward Howe, Edward Everett Hale, William Winter, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, John Townsend Trowbridge, Louise Chandler Moulton, John Boyle O Reilly, George Parsons Lathrop, Charles Follen Adams and Charlotte Fiske Bates. Augustus Mendon Lord will read Holmes' "Chambered Nautilus" and Lowell's "Tribute...
...vespers yesterday afternoon, Dr. Hale officiated, assisted by Dr. F. G. Peabody. In his address, Dr. Hale spoke of two classes of people, the one composed of those who go to their daily work without thought of future reward; the other, composed of those whose minds are filled with selfish and sordid purposes. People of the first class are successful simply because they have interest in the work itself. That interest is not purchased by bribery, is not caused by fear of consequences; but is present because God is working out his purposes through these earnest men and women...
...Theatre on the evening of Feb. 27th, we feel that we are advocating a highly worthy object. It may, perhaps, be well to state that the reading is given in aid of the Longfellow Memorial Fund, and that several well-known authors, among them Julia Ward Howe, Edward Everett Hale and Thomas Wentworth Higginson, have promised to read selections from their works. The entertainment cannot fail to be interesting, and the object is so worthy that we are anxious to impress on all that it is their duty to attend. Even if attendance on the part of some is impossible...
...worthy of encouragement, and the interest in the matter is so great, that the affair cannot fail to be a success. Several well-known authors have shown their interest by offering to read selections from their own works. Among them are the following: Julia Ward Howe, Edward Everett Hale, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, William Winter, Louise Chandler Moulton, John Boyle O'Reilly, George Parsons Lathrop, Charles Follen Adams and Charlotte Fiske Bates...