Word: mannerism
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...townsman, the Cambridge Press, in speaking of a concert for the Fremont Base Ball Club, says "Miss L - rendered 'Ave Maria,' otherwise known as the 'Bird of the Sea,' in a very agreeable manner...
...Orator, S. R. Johnson; Poet, C. A. Dickinson; Toast-Master, W. N. Frew; Odist, E. E. Parker; Committee of Arrangements, J. G. Gospil, W. H. Moody, A. H. Dellicker. The Toast-Master, Mr. Frew of Yale, was particularly happy, and the whole affair passed off in the most satisfactory manner...
...imagine the relief that is found in turning from a pile of College "magazines," etc., to the old, familiar, yellow face of the Atlantic, the June number of which is now before us. Mr. Aldrich has closed his "Prudence Palfrey" in a strikingly original and unexpected manner; and, as a whole, it is, decidedly, one of the most readable of American novels. Whatever Mr. Aldrich writes is never stale and never dull, and we hope and believe that this will not be the last of his contributions to the Atlantic. "Mose Evans" also concludes with this number; G. P. Lathrop...
...himself, only at an advanced stage, as to the attitude of his instructor toward him. He reminded us that we are too likely to think that by laying aside for the time being his position as professor, a man must sacrifice in some degree his dignity, and that the manner in which a student approaches his instructor often hinders a congenial feeling. He thought he fairly represented the Faculty in saying that it was their wish that we might meet, not to decide the marks to be given for recitation, but to discuss a lesson for the sake...
After Mr. Stetson, '77, had responded for that class, Mr. Higginson replied, in behalf of the Ladies, in a highly satisfactory manner...