Word: old
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Prof. C. H. Toy is translating and annotating the book of Ezekiel for the prospective version of the Old Testament under the editorship of Prof. Haupt...
...MAGAZINE.The first and best article of the New England Magazine for April is "Trinity Church" taken from an historical sermon preached by Phillips Brooks in 1877. It is the history of the church, founded in 1728 down to the present time. It is fully illustrated with pictures of the old and new churches and with portraits of most of the rectors of the parish. The description of the present church is written by H. H. Richardson, the architect. Benjamin Kimball describes the work of the Boston Camera Club in a manner that must be interesting to all photographers. This article...
...kept in mind is to give as exact a reproduction of the play as possible, at the same time to make it accord with the culture of to-day. In the music, particularly, it is very hard to reconcile the many difficulties. A strict following of the old forms would hardly pass with a modern audience; it would sound ridiculous at the least, while it would be certainly pointless to introduce music as it is now. These obstacles, it is understood, have been overcome to a great extent and the music which has already been written is thought...
...tend to increase the intelligent study of the language by those who are already interested in it. We appreciate Skakespeare better, perhaps, when we have seen his plays faithfully presented to us on the stage. For the same reason we are likely to catch a deeper appreciation of the old Classic authors, when we see with our eyes, and not in our imaginations alone, their plays in very much the same manner as the old Romans themselves...
...friend, he began "The Task", which was published in 1785, immediately ensuring his reputation. It illustrates the light of religious yearning of the time, but is famous because of the beautiful and truthful descriptions of nature and of domestic scenes. Cowper broke away more completely than Wadsworth from the old poetic diction, but he did not realize he was doing something new. Later he took to translating Homer but met with no success...