Word: plea
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...original, and the result is a really valuable English presentation of Virgil's wonderful poem. Mr. Hamilton leaves the beaten track of translators. He introduces the innovation of making each character speak in a different metre. This, of course, is in direct violation of Virgil's hexameter. His plea in self-defense is an able presentation of his side of the case; but it is still doubtful whether it can be justified. The book is will worth a careful examination...
...Element in History" and "The Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Day," by Dr. George P. Fisher, of Yale; "The Lotus in the Decorative Art," by Mr. William H. Goodyear, "The Hope of the Prisoner," by Mr. Wm. M. T. Round; "Charity Organization Societies," by the Hon. Seth Low; "A Plea for the Downtrodden People," by the Indian Princess Vuoqua, "Simplicity," by Mr. Charles Dudley Warner...
...professional and amateur nines, and argues that no harm can come frome contact with a professional team, since the chance for personal intercourse between the members of the different nines is extremely small during any game. In a more selfish view of the matter, the petition presents a strong plea in its favor by statistics of Harvard and Yale games...
...rush to the library and the man who is lucky enough to get there first takes the magazine and keeps it with true selfishness for the full period allied-seven days. On the part of a number of long suffering students I beg leave to add my plea to the one already made...
...Phillipian publishes a plea for a new gymnasium at Andover, stating that the present accommodations are totally inadequate...