Word: quiets
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...second number, an "Aria" by Gounod, "La Reine de Saba," was effectively rendered by Mme. Nordica. The piece is quiet throughout, with little chance for dramatic display. The soloist had an admirable conception of the selection and though she did not show herself to such advantage in it as in the more dramatic and stirring song "The Erl King," yet her rendering was appreciated, for she had to appear three times before the audience ceased their applause...
Show what Christ can do for a soul and a life. Create a true church of Christ in your own home and among your friends. Go on in the same quiet way, and when you die, your work will not all follow you, but will go on broadening and deepening how far and how long you will not know till the harvest of souls shall all be gathered...
...best accomplish having your religion honored in the entire circle of your acquaintance? not by ostentatious professions. Make your quiet yet efficient profession by constant attendance on christian worship and ordinances and by taking your modest port in such associations for religious improvement as have your confidence and sympathy. Follow the leading of your own enlightened conscience by letting no cumulative force of example or persuasio turn you one hair's breadth from what you regard as your duty; by making your own way through college a right line, a straight line in the direct way from earth to heaven...
...Wagner and Tannheuser in Paris, 1861," Mr. Edward H. House offers a welcome contribution to that constantly-swelling mass of Wagnerian literature. This particular article gives Mr. House's reminiscences of the great musician, of his private life in Paris, always characterized by a quiet graciousness of manner which drew his friends strongly...
...Hawthorne in its general simplicity and in certain descriptive touches. The plot of the story is slender and not particularly original, but the author counterbalances this by some truly excellent bits of description and character delineation. The old village doctor of Milford stands vividly before us, and the quiet humor of the first part stands in striking antithesis to the deep patnos of the latter part of the tale...