Word: mr
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...FAILING to get Mr. Vandenhoff, an engagement has been made with Mr. Murdoch, the elocutionist, to give a course of twelve lessons in oratory...
...Brown, '77, then came out for the third bout of the middle-weight sparring, and appeared the most evenly matched in size and weight of all the pairs. This round was very spirited, and both contestants showed a familiar knowledge of the gloves. The round was won by Mr. Bryant, as was also the second round and the bout. It remained to decide the last bout of the middle-weight sparring between Messrs. Bryant and Wiley. This first round was by all odds the most interesting feature of the day's sports. Mr. Wiley was very cool and collected...
...water; the whole finish is slovenly. This fault seems to be the worst, and till it is corrected, the crew cannot hope to row the shell steadily. Next to this, comes the dead catch; and till this is vivified, they cannot hope to row the shell fast. Mr. Loring is coaching them daily from the coxswain's seat, from another boat, and from the bank. His painstaking deserves and promises to be met with considerable success...
...Lyceum Hall last Tuesday evening. The selections were, as a rule, played with rare fidelity and - spirit, and when we compare the poor success of last year with the triumph of this, we feel that too much praise cannot be given to the patience, skill, and good taste of Mr. Deane, the leader. The absence of the Glee Club was severely felt, though the orchestral parts of the programme were agreeably supplemented by the duet and solos of Messrs. Babcock and Morse...
...Mr. Gorman's rendering of Rossini's fantasia from La Gazza Ladra was graceful, light, and airy, and in perfect keeping with the supposed mischievous, mocking character of the subject. He was warmly encored. But the finest individual effort of the evening was Mr. Russak's piano solo, "Regoletto," from Liszt. In answer to an encore he played Mill's "Murmuring Fountain." How far one's judgment may be biassed by outside motives is of course hard to say, but we thought at the time, and have found no cause to change our mind since, that Mr. Russak's playing...