Word: idea
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Owing to a Misunderstanding" is a sketch of western mining life of which the author has succeeded in giving a fairly good picture. The dialect of the story is good, although the idea of the tale is threadbare...
...operatic loved one, and as the correct working out of the plot demands that they should come together, the wife of the Harvard man and his valet very conveniently fall off a wharf and are drowned! While the story, as a whole, has some good descriptions, the idea of it is highly improbable...
...Nordica was heard to better advantage in the fourth number, "The Erl King," which gave much more opportunity for the dramatic power which she possesses than her first selection. This piece illustrates the highest ideal in musical writing, the representation of an idea in such musical terms that the idea is seen through the music without hearing the words. The picture which the composer had in mind is suggested by the music. This time the soloist was forced to appear four times before the audience were satisfied...
...Hartwell, the janitor, has an idea which ought to enlarge the membership of the club very much in the spring. He proposes to keep the boat house open until eight or half-past during the summer months, if he has the same help which the janitor had last year. If this plan can be put into operation it will give the men a chance to enjoy the best time of the whole day for rowing, - from six to half-past seven...
...place on an eleven. To the captains of the larger teams what he has to say will of course prove hardly new; but to the players of lesser experience and to the ordinary on-lookers, Mr. Camp's description of the positions will give a most accurate and valuable idea of how real foot ball should be played...