Word: joviality
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...done. It is entirely dissimilar in construction and locality to any of the humorous plays lately presented in this country and as a study of laughter it is said to be the most perfect, not that kind of laughter that succumbs to buffoonery, but that which yields to pure, jovial fun evolved by legitimate methods from the supremely humorous complications originating from a well-told, consistent story...
...funniest of all comic operas - "Dr. Syntax." DeWolf Hopper will essay the role of a good-natured, up-to-date pedagogue. The locale of this, the latest and greatest of the comedian's light comic operatic successes, is laid in a charming country village in New England. The jovial "Dr. Syntax" esteems it his duty to make everybody happy, and, luckily for his protegees, his opportunities to carry out this benevolent plan are many, for the young lady pupils of Minerva Academy - in which he is an instructor - are all in love with the young men in a neighboring college...
...always pleasant affairs, the scenes of class and individual reunions, and the connecting link in the great chain of sympathy and affection which binds together all loyal sons of Harvard in ties of lasting friendship. Here men of all ages and fortunes mingle together on a footing of jovial equality; personal and political differences are forgotten, and all unite in striving to make the evening a pleasant and memorable one. May this coming reunion be in every way as successful as its predecessors. Dear old Mother Harvard has good reason to be proud of her children, as will be seen...
...anniversary, and suggests the method of the Boston Latin School last year as a good example. I think this idea of a reunion with addresses and eulogies is an excellent one and one that we might still have in conjunction with something else. But would not something of a jovial nature, in which the whole body of students take part, be more fitting to the happy occasion. I have in mind a singular celebration, which I cannot quote accurately because I have not the paper near at hand which gave the account of it. Last year a German university - Heidelberg...
...first movement is fiery and modulatory. The prevailing tone of the second is much quieter, but it reveals a wonderful depth of earnest feeling. The scherzo is a very taking movement, an odd and pleasing effect being gained by the interruption of the rythm by syncopation. The finale is jovial in character, somewhat after the style of the finale of Beethoven's seventh...