Word: kept
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...which appears in some of Shakspere's historical plays, where the medley of sentiments and incidents is such that we are bewildered as by a rumbling and unintelligible noise. In the great tragedies, except Lear, this element, although constantly appearing as a living background for the principal figures, is kept distinctly subordinate: Othello is almost classic in its unity and continuity; Macbeth, although less compact, still turns on a single event; while Hamlet draws its variety and intricacy from the character of the hero, and not from any great admixture of foreign matter. But in King Lear we have...
...director of the gymnasium should see that the "muckers" be kept out of the gymnasium proper. They occupy the south end seats in great numbers every afternoon...
...programme for the Yale Bicycle Club meeting is not yet made out, but one event will be a twenty mile race for a handsome cup worth $1,500, which must be won three times in order to be kept. There will be several hundred dollars in prizes besides this...
...large audience which listened to Mr. Dougherty's lecture with interest and enthusiasm. An unusually large number of the faculty were present. The audience filled nearly every seat in the ball. Owing to the tardiness of a number of those holding reserved seats, people with admission tickets were kept waiting a few minutes in the transept of Memorial. This also delayed the lecturer somewhat. The lecture began, however, a little before eight o'clock...
TUG-OF-WAR.The final event of the meeting was the tug-of-war between eighty-six and eighty-five. For this event the floor was, for a wonder, kept entirely clear, so that the spectators experienced no difficulty in watching the progress of the contest. The signal cord was operated by Mr. Sexton, '84, and the word was given by Mr. Morison, '83. Some time was consumed in getting a fair start, but when the word was finally given both teams came down with an even drop. By repeated heaves the ribbon was brought over to the '86 side...