Word: heartly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...till he becomes as familiar with its beauties and its nooks, its heights, its levels, and its denths, as a Cumberland shepherd with the mountains and valleys round about his home. He never looks upon his books as his friends. It is to his head, and not to his heart, that he wishes to take them; and he only cares to keep them there till they have served their purpose at the next examination. How different was the way in which Macaulay and his sister read! ' When they were discoursing together,' says Mr. Trevelyan, 'about a work of history...
...capable of writing a respectable short story is growing beautifully smaller every day. "The story in the February Century," the Critic says, "is one of the shortest short-stories the magazine has ever published, and one of the best. It is at once manly and tender; it bas heart as well as ingenuity...
...kindliest of all Frenchman should at length cease to be regarded and spoken of as a buffoon with a foul mouth and mind." He aims to have this author, the contemporary of Luther, recognized, as Shakespeare and and Milton are, for what he is really worth, for his stout heart, his cheerfulness and his brave face. He follows Urqhart's translation, but does not hesitate to improve it whenever...
...year will find an improvement in the formation of class elevens, in the better quality of material at hand, and in more systematic and scientific coaching. Lacrosse seems to have fallen behind as a university sport and we would warn all who have the interest of the game at heart that unless they improve the present time, the opportunity for establishing the game on a firm footing here will be gone. Bicycling has been energetically advanced in the college, and we can only urge its forwarders to go on as they have begun...
...general work of instructing undergraduates; for advanced scholars, however, his influence was very stimulating, and his great knowledge of Greek literature gave him a wealth of ready and familiar illustrations. He was a great admirer of the 'Arabian Nights' and knew the whole of it, some almost believe, by heart. He has sometimes mentioned as the three best books, the Bible, the 'Arabian Nights,' and 'Don Quixote.' They contained the most, he is supposed to have thought, of the philosophy of life. He was a man who admitted very few persons to his confidence. He has always lived in Cambridge...