Word: minstrels
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...construction of the Iliad, it rarely can disclose faults in the style; for there is nothing more striking about the poem than the uniformity of splendor in which it was written. In some manner a great Homeric style was built up which could be reproduced by the ordinary minstrel without effort, provided he had been trained along that line. In the works of these ancient minstrels we are brought face to face with something more august than mere individual genius...
...current number of the Monthly contains the following: "Class Unity," by G. Emerson '08; "The Backsliding of Sister Pettibone," by H. H. Harbour '06; "Love's Laughter," by J. H. Wheelock '08: "My Lady's Minstrel," by H. Hagedorn 07: "The Fourth Wise Man," by R. M. Arkush '07; "Nil Desperandum," by H. A. Bellows '06: "Gower," by C. T. Ryder '06; "An Intemperance Story," by J. L. Price '07; Editorials: Record: Book Notices...
...supposedly witty sayings which proceed from those figures. The verse is on the whole successful and certain short squibs are the redeeming feature of this issue, but a hasty perusal of the By the Way column, incites one to praying for at least temporary relief from this semi-monthly minstrel show, which to use an expression similar to many we have seen there, had better be left...