Word: less
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Under biennials the quality of legislation would deteriorate; R. S. Bridgman, New England Magazine, VIII, G. F. Williams, Springfield Republican, Jan. 31, 1996; Boston Herald, Jan. 31, 1896; Boston Globe, Feb. 15, 1896.- (a) The legislature would be less efficient.- (b) The members would feel less strongly their responsibility to the people.- (c) Members would be more liable to the influence of private interests...
...Biennial elections would subject the state to more agitation for the repeal of laws: R. L. Bridgman, New England Magazine, VIII, p. 216.- (a) Laws would be passed with less consideration of the popular will...
...were worked out, the piece was then brought to a close by the first device which occurred to the mind of the playwright, such as the finding of a letter or of a long lost relative. Little regard was paid to the logical outcome of characters or situations; still less to poetic justice. In this point Fielding really improved his model, according to modern notions...
...some of his plays tragedy plays an important part. The two works mentioned above include both tragedy and comedy, corresponding to the English drama. According to the arbitrary rules of the French writers, this mixture of style was more than a mistake, it was a crime. But here, no less than in his regard for the three unities, so dear to the hearts of French writers, Moliere's genius broke loose from all artificial restraint. Corneille is another example of the success of which high ability is capable, even when it disdains technical rules...
...family ties, and threatens to ruin the lives of his children. Neglected by their father they in turn forget their duty toward him. Finally, in spite of this fatal evil which is the heart of the story, the play is brought to the usual happy ending by devices no less artificial than illogical...