Word: pompousness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...that of most light operas. Don Manuel, the young and handsome Alcayde of Seville, is desperately in love with Farina, an orphan maid of lowly birth. As Farina is the ward of the Grand Inquisitor of Seville, it becomes necessary for Don Manuel to ask the consent of that pompous functionary before pressing his suit. The Inquisitor, however, has designs of a nuptial nature on Farina himself, and to put his rival out of the way he shows Don Manuel a prenuptial contract made with a fierce Moorish chieftain when the present Alcayde was but an infant. By this agreement...
Inquisitor of Seville, a stern and pompous functionary, Norman H. White...
...atmosphere is distinctly Spanish. The plot hangs on the ardent love of the young Alcayde for a fair maiden, the ward of the stern and pompous Grand Inquisitor of Seville. The latter dignitary has many schemes of his own which he puts into execution at the expense of the poor Alcayde, but not without involving himself in serious complications. The reckless projects of a wandering gypsy are accountable for a general misunderstanding on the part of all and cause grave difficulties before matters are finally straightened out. Spanish peasants, gypsies and Moors give the action a picturesque surrounding...
...acquiring skill in public argument. An appreciation of the defects of our present attainments is the only thing which can give us any prospect of continued success. The experience of the past few years indicates plainly the lines along which improvement must come. The fact that florid and pompous oratory is becoming more and more discredited shows that precision in thought, clearness and force in argument are becoming recognized as the chief objects in debate. The large possibilities for improvement in this direction must be admitted and no one, certainly, is better qualified to speak about them than Professor Baker...