Word: prose
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Parker, in his "Mediaeval Symphony" has caught successfully not only the spirit of the old romances he clothes again with words; but the ryhthm of language necessary to suggest the movement of a symphony. These sentences of musical prose are really delightful...
...relieve the solemnity of the prose articles, there is only one contribution in verse. Mr. Corbin shows great delicacy in his lines "At Midnight." There is a suggestion of originality that is refreshing. Book notices and the Advocate's brief fill the remaining pages of the number...
...talk is to modulate; give your words the proper coloring. To say everything is to say too much: true art lies between. Speak so that the most vulgar prose may sound like the most refined poetry...
...Spanish 1 and 2. The weekly exercises in prose composition are test exercises with marks, and if omitted cannot be made...
...exceptional excellence in Latin composition The means of giving these prizes is supplied from the income of a farm given by Bishop Berkeley to the college in 1733, which has been leased for a long period of years. The examination set is always some connected passage of Latin prose. Last year it took the shape of a letter from one college friend to another. The number of prizes is not fixed, depending on the quality of the work offered, but generally six first and six second prizes are awarded. The awards are always books, but the recipient is allowed...