Word: obtainable
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...obtain the typical representation of a class is something that painters and novelists have always professed to do, and it is something which they have nearly always failed in accomplishing. The individual traits and feelings of the artist have necessarily shown out strongly in his work, and in spite of his endeavors to throw off his prejudices, his hand can always be recognized, and the final result is never satisfactory. A writer who is thoroughly unprejudiced is yet to be found, but photography has given us a means by which a typical portrait of a number of individuals can readily...
...have the satisfaction of feeling that their own listlessness was the cause of the disaster, argument and attempts at persuasion have proved ineffectual. A series of victories might arouse the enthusiasm which would then be useless; but the present situation which calls for that enthusiasm is unable to obtain...
...THEATRICALS. - Participants who desire a copy of the play may obtain one at 39 Matthews between...
...SOCIETY. - Rehearsal to day at 5 sharp. All who have not obtained copies of the play can obtain them at 33 Matthews...
...certainly seems to me, from consideration of the various matters referred to, that our modern ones are decidedly physically stronger and capable of greater exertion, and also that, independently of that, they are able to obtain more result from their exertions than the ancients. The men of the present day, we know, are larger than they were in bygone years, and therefore they should be more powerful; for it is an acknowledged axiom in sport that, other things being equal, "a big one will always beat the little one." - Nineteenth Century...