Search Details

Word: matchless (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

Supine he lies before the matchless fair...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CELADON AND CHLOE. | 2/11/1881 | See Source »

...since, that Mr. Russak's playing was irreproachable both in mechanical execution and in fidelity of expression. The first piece of Mr. Babcock was an air, "Who treads the Path of Glory?" from Mozart's "Magic Flute." It was a piece which fully displayed the sonorous richness of his matchless voice, and at the same time the wretched insufficiency of Lyceum Hall for such a piece. In response to an encore he sang Millard's "Grand Old Ocean" in a manner which can only be imagined by those who have heard him before, and which we fear to attempt...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PIERIAN CONCERT. | 3/23/1877 | See Source »

...novel and painful spectacle to see a young, unknown, inexperienced undergraduate attempting to censure a litterateur of seventy-three, of matchless erudition and genius, who has assimilated the wisdom of centuries, and who has rightly won the title his countrymen have given him, - the Concord Sage. If by age we mean weakness in body, Mr. Emerson may be old, but in intellect not. Age only adds wisdom to his boundless store of learning. AEsop's fable of the aged Lion and the Ass is just as pertinent to-day as ever. The old Lion is not helpless quite...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DISCOURTEOUS CRITICISM. | 4/21/1876 | See Source »

...memory of Dr. Walker will be held by all his pupils, associates, and friends as a priceless possession and a matchless example...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JAMES WALKER, D. D., LL. D. | 1/15/1875 | See Source »

...wintry storms, with nature's matchless hand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE THREE CROSSES. | 5/22/1874 | See Source »

Previous | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 |