Word: passionately
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Williamson Smith, president of Trinity college preached in Appleton chapel last evening. He chose as his text the first verse of the twelfth chapter of Genesis. We live in three worlds as it were, he said, the actual world, a border land filled with thoughts and passion, and the realm beyond. The possession of well being and happiness is not in the actual, but in searching after the ideal; therefore, happy is the man who can look forward to that excellence, but alas for him whose ideas are destroyed. The choir sang the following selections: The Son of God goes...
...Bharata, a war which was trivial both in its causes and its effects. The tale runs about as follows: King Bharata sees his end drawing near, and divides his kingdom amongst his sons and nephews. His eldest son, Udostheera, a man of spotless character, was dominated by the master passion of gambling. Udostheera lost all his property, his wealth, his lands and his kingdom, and finally he agrees to leave his kingdom and to live with his four brothers and his wife in the forest for thirteen years. After thirteen years of incredible adventures they all return and fighting begins...
...most difficult role of the play was that of Electra, calling as it did throughout for expressions of extreme emotion; yet no part was taken with more appreciation of the demands. Her intense sorrow at the news of her brother's death and her outburst of passion against her mother were particularly happy...
...play was excellent and compared favorably with the sophomore theatricals of the past. It was called, "Ye Courtshippe of Myles Staundyshe,' a Piece of Puritanical Persiflage in two Acts, four Scenes and Several Situations" and was purported to be written by R. H. Thinfellow. The play describes the passion of Myles for Priscilla, how he got John Alden to plead for him and how Priscilla repulsed Myles but accepted John. The intrigues of Hobomok, the chief of the Wampums with Myles and the tragic end of John Alden created much laughter. The Overseers Scene in which the proposed regulations were...
...story, "A Bit of Official Tragedy," is unlike most of the articles contributed to the Monthly, but it is worthy of space in the magazine. It is a serious story of human life. The writer depicts with great sincerity the awful influence disappointments and Jesertion may exert upon human passion. The tale is told in a simple manner and the artistic effect is increased by a careful avoidance of all vulgarity...