Word: manner
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...large audience assembled in Appleton Chapel yesterday evening to listen to Dr. Greer of Grace Church, Providence. The service was conducted in the usual Sunday evening ritual, by Dr. Francis Peabody. The intrinsic beauty of the hymns was greatly enhanced by the manner in which they were rendered by the choir and Mr. Osgood...
...Greer preached entirely without notes and spoke in a most forcible, vivid and interesting manner. The text was taken from the 29th chapter of the Book of Proverbs, 18th verse, "Where there is no vision the people perish." "The word vision is here used not as knowledge in the ordinary sense of the word, but what was communicated to the prophets by the spirit of the Lord. A bright and pleasant vision is essential to a man's success in life and the noblest benefactor of the human race is he who gives the brightest visions. The human reason left...
...students of any college. The lectures by Prof. Lanciani on Roman Archaeology, the present course by Prof. Frothingham on Assyrian Archaeology, and the proposed lectures of Mr. Charles Waldstein on Greek Archaeology, form a connected whole, and cover a field where interesting facts presented in an interesting manner are rarely to be found. These lectures present a vivid future of ancient life, which both classical students and others may readily understand and appreciate, while the comparison of Roman, Greek, and Assyrian Archaeology, as given by the distinguished scholars who lecture before us, forms a valuable study which none...
...team was treated in a most courteous manner by the Dedham Club. The individual scores of its members are as follows...
...elective system of work in our colleges receives at the hands of Professor Palmer in the last number of the Andover Review, some new and valuable material. It is now three years since it was first decided to allow freshmen at Harvard to choose for themselves the manner of work which was required of them. The effect of that action has had time to develop, and what has been discovered? None of those evils which we were told were sure to follow the reckless piece of liberation which the faculty had displayed. Students have had the advantage of an extra...