Word: loved
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...last named period belonged Sheridan Knowles, who wrote only three novels which have been permanently successful: "The Hunchback," "The Love Chase," and "Virginius." These plays belong neither to the old comedy nor to the romantic drama, but have some of the characteristics of each. In "Hunchback," there is much blank verse that is florid and uninspired and there is a poverty of romance. The people have the artificial emblems of character rather than character itself. In the character of Julia, Julia Myrlowe is charming, but one must see that it is she that is charming, not the part, to which...
...summary, Mr. Copeland said that "The Love Chase," "London Assurance," and "Masks and Faces" are the three best legacies of the drama of yesterday. He mentioned as books which would be well worth reading, Colley's "Cibber's 'Apology'" and Lewes's "Actors and Acting...
...Africa, Asia and India there is a large field for this work. The love of gain urges the Arab to penetrate to the heart of Africa, and yet the love of God has not moved a man to go to these thousands who live in ignorance and tell them that they are free...
...works of the earlier writers Mr. Copeland recommended especially the reading of Wycherly's "Plain Dealer;" Congreve's "Love and Love" and "The Way of the World" and Vanburg's "The Relapse;" and in connection with the subject Goldsmith's "Retaliation" and Genest's "History of the Stage." The talk closed with some interesting anecdotes of Warren, Gilbert, Florence, Mrs. Vincent and other actors of old comedy...
...choir sang "Doth Not Wisdom Cry," by King; "I Will Love Thee," by Gilbert; and "Peace I Leave with You," by Roberts...