Word: lovering
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...shows earnestness of spirit and a sense of form, but it lacks vividness and consistency. It is sometimes conventional, or even prosaic. Mr. Altrocchi's story, "Between Fires," is for the most part well-written, though the time sequence is clumsily handled at one point. The description of the lover's symptoms is now and then extravagant, and if the same restraint had been observed throughout that appears in the conclusion, the effect would have been better. Mr. Dorey's sketch of "An American on the Thames" is amusing, though the humor is sometimes a little forced. Mr. Mayer...
...chapel. It is of plain white marble, and bears the following inscription: "Theodore Parker, 1810-1860. Graduate of this school in 1836. Preacher, reformer, scholar; master of wide learning applied to human uses by frank and unsparing speech; fearless follower of Jesus, bearing witness to the truth; lover of righteousness, hater of iniquity; a hero in fight, a saint in prayer; he proclaimed as human invitations the perfection of God, the authority of conscience, the assurance of immortality. 'Sin to rebuke, to break the captive's chains; to call thy brethren forth from want...
...Class of 1909 have presented the Harvard Union with this picture of Marshall Newell, of the Class of 1894. Although he died before he was twenty-seven years old, Newell had proved himself not only a great athlete and a loyal Harvard man, but also a lover of books, of nature, of mankind, and of the truth...
...been given in complete form, though many parts have often been sung or played in concerts. The ballet music, which consists of Moorish dances, and which is especially good, has been played by the Boston Symphony Orchestra with great success. The song sung by Azara, while waiting for her lover, is regarded as one of the greatest operatic arias...
...Nicollette, and the scene is laid in Provence at the time of the early Crusades. Azara is a Moorish princess, who was brought from Spain in her infancy, and with whom, Gontran, the son of the King of Provence, falls in love. Rainuls, the King, separates the two lovers, as he desires Azara for himself. Malek, a Moorish chief, whom Gontran has conquered in battle but set at liberty again, finds that Azara is the daughter of his Caliph, and he takes her back to Spain. After staying a short time with her own people, Azara escapes, and making...