Word: household
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...first great successes of Ibson's works, outside of his native country, were achieved in Germany. For years the poet himself has been living in Munich, in closest touch with the literary and artistic life of the Bavarian capital; and the best of his dramas have long since become household works of all the great German theatres. One of Ibson's personal friends in Germany, Fraulein Eugenie Wohlmuth, is at present among us, and will read selections from the great dramatist to a Boston audience. Fraulein Wohlmuth is a reader of established reputation in the great centres of culture...
Printing, sewing, cooking, dressmaking, and household science are among the unique courses offered to the students of the Atlanta University...
...Criticism such names as Sante-Beuve and Taine are household words among English-speaking students. Yet the effect of criticism is less visible than might be expected, for criticism is, after all, a follower and not a predecessor of literary movements...
...students not to give John any liquor whatsoever. This seems a strange appeal to make to the students, but it is from them that John receives nearly all the liquor he gets. John has a family and each time he comes home home drunk he throws the whole household into a state of misery and wretchedness. If, then, there are men who do not share the universal regard and love for John himself, and so are not concerned for his welfare, let them at least help in the good purpose of keeping John sober and straight by refraining from giving...
...position of women in the noble families was rather more "accidental" than it was like that of the women of Attic and Spartan times. They spent most of their time in weaving, spinning and other household work...