Word: motioning
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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When the verdict was rendered the convicted assassin made no movement and uttered no sound. He manifested no sign of interest, excepting a slight tremor of the upper lip. After the verdict had been announced Mr. Scoville rose to ask when he should file his motion...
...Lewis Morrison, as Creon, fulfilled the utmost expectations of his most ardent admirers. He showed himself throughout an experienced actor in every word and every motion, portraying his character with better effect than any of the others, excepting, perhaps, Mr. Riddle. The selection of Mr. J. J. Hayes to play the part of the aged and blind priest of Zeus, was probably as good a one as could have been made, as his voice and manner were exactly suited to such a character. Later in the play, however, as the Shepherd, he showed some room for improvement. His utterances were...
...reasonable construction with a view to sustaining them; the rule or by-law in question, viewed by the light of the circumstances and the law applicable in such cases, cannot be declared void for unreasonableness; the matter sought to be stricken out, and which, for the purpose of the motion to strike out, must be taken as true, does not render the rule in question invalid, nor have any legal effect upon its validity, nor any legal effect upon the validity of the complaint, and therefore ought to be stricken...
...parried motion of his indignation...
UNIVERSAL suffrage has been adopted in Greek 7. The section recently decided, by a two-thirds vote, to read Thucydides instead of Demosthenes during the latter part of the year. A motion to have a cut at the next recitation was adopted by a still larger majority...