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...hard-working as he is, George does not have a nimble intelligence, and his personal tastes run toward the mediocre-and mediocrities. His favorite poet, for example, is James Beattie, a Scot who writes romantic sentimental verse ("When in the crimson cloud of even,/ The lingering light decays,/ And Hesper on the front of Heaven/ His glistering gem displays"). He loves the theatre, but would much rather see a pantomime or farce than Shakespeare, who is not one of his favorites. He is suspicious of all innovations and innovators. To give him his due, however, he seems to recognize...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World: The Resolution of Farmer George | 7/4/1976 | See Source »

Atlantic--"The Face of Clay," by A. S. Pier '95; "The Panic and the Banks," by F. S. Mead '87; "The Popular Ballad," by G. L. Kittredge '82; "Hesper," by Van Dyke...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Magazine Articles By Harvard Men | 2/18/1908 | See Source »

...interesting and concise history of Harvard University by William R. Thayer, A. M., author of "The Confessions of Hermes," "Hesper: An American Drama," formerly instructor in the English department has been reprinted from the "History of Middlesex County." As one looks over such an account of the corporate, material and intellectual growth of Harvard as well as of its legends and traditions, one is justified in feeling pride in the age of our University and in its progress since the days when Mr. Nathaniel Eaton and his usher Nathaniel Briscoe comprised the faculty. Such a review shows how indissolubly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: History of Harvard University. | 12/20/1890 | See Source »

Sever has just published a drama called Hesper, by Mr. Thayer of the English department...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 12/11/1888 | See Source »

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