Word: kinds
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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This libretto of the Greek play is a model of its kind in its attractive make-up and clear and careful printing. The plates of the Greek text were kindly loaned by Messrs. Ginn & Heath, the Boston publishers. The translation by Professor Campbell of St. Andrews is unfortunately a very imperfect rendering of the original: there seems indeed to be no really good poetical translation of the play, so that it is to be regretted that a careful prose translation, such as that which Professor White read some months ago, was not adopted. The book, however, will be a pleasant...
...News to sell pools officially, or to offer through the medium of its columns to give odds that their next issue will partake more of the character of the New York Clipper than the News of Friday. The fact that the recipient of a letter of this kind does not have good taste enough to withhold it from publication is no excuse for the lack of judgment of the editors of the News in allowing it to appear in print...
...only because of her capacity for faith, even in delusions? To conclude, - for there must be an end to all things, - we would suggest to our readers that to be tied down to one's subject is a proof of a mathematical mind, - according to Goldsmith, the lowest kind of an intellect; and don't we all admire Goldsmith...
There is one more of this kind that I must quote, and a most curious piece it is. As it is short I will quote it in full...
Undergraduate poetry may be divided into the sentimental and the witty. The sentimental is often well expressed, but is generally trashy; the witty is more likely to be good of its kind. It usually contains too many college allusions to interest any but students, yet it adds to the jollity of student life, and taking the form of satire often lodges a keen shaft where it will do the most good...