Word: merited
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...poetical nature of the book is also to be noticed, which is a rare merit in a work of this nature. The divinus afflatus has rarely inspired a man to indite odes to his mother-in-law, and almost as rarely does the gentle muse of poetry venture over into the stern and barren fields of philosophy. It has been said that Locke only needed rhyme to become a poet. We submit respectfully to the author the propriety of turning his work into a metrical form. To revel in a lyric on the "Complex Modes of Extension or Duration...
Another method which has been suggested is that there should be a few friendly games among those who were desirous of joining, and then those should form a club who could win a game from some player of known merit, after being given a certain amount of odds; then after the tournament was over the number of members should be limited, and membership only be offered to those who could win a game from some member of the already established club...
There are places in Salvini's acting that are unsurpassed in their power and dramatic fervour, while nowhere does he pass the line that divides tragedy from absurdity. This is his chief merit. He plays throughout with a freedom from over-acting that is as welcome as it is uncommon, yet he is never tame, nor does he anywhere fail to do justice to his conception. If consistency and evenness are all that is wanted, his impersonation is the best, in so far as it is the most "perfect piece of acting." But with those who look for the highest...
...with pleasure, that the Cambridge Operatic Society, by the earnest solicitation of their friends, will repeat, on next Tuesday evening, the comic opera entitled "The Doctor of Alcantara." In the first rendering of this opera the amateur company are entitled to commendation for a performance of more than average merit. The Tenor sang with especial feeling and spirit, and altogether, his was open to less unfavorable criticism than any other performance of the evening. Miss M. K. Shackford, in the delivery of her principal arias, was admirable both in tone and style. The chorus showed excellent training, and deserves...
...serials now being published in Every Saturday, the last number contains a very interesting reminiscence of Agassiz by a former pupil, an article on "Woman's Work Abroad," and an entertaining story translated from the Russian of Pouspkin. "Kyle Griffiths, a Tale of the Welsh Coast" possesses only the merit of brevity; a hackneyed plot, told in the old, stereotyped...