Word: repay
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...Tripod opens with a poem called "The Elms." If it were written with some attention to metre, and did not abound in vague similes and mysterious metaphors, it might possibly repay perusal. Under the circumstances, we will only call attention to the striking resemblance between its first lines and those of the poem beginning...
...rooms of the club will be again thrown open in May for their final exhibition of the year, to which cards of admission can readily be obtained from members, and it would well repay all interested in such matters to be present. With these few hints on a very comprehensive subject I must close, in the earnest hope, however, that the promising indications I have mentioned may not prove fallacious, but result in some new and glorious...
...that "Calderon the courtier" was an attendant on Charles V. He was the power behind the throne during the reign of Philip III., and played much the same part in Spain that Richelieu did at the court of Louis XIII. of France. This little story of court intrigue would repay the perusal by any one, and I recommend it to the author of "Lord Lytton." Many works of Bulwer's, besides those already spoken of by either Magenta or Advocate, deserve extended mention and praise. But sufficient space has already been devoted to this subject...
...another thing which would repay revival here is the game of chess. There are many here who play the game more or less, and some who play it well. But it is most often the case that these persons do not know each other as chess-players; and even if they do, a few desultory games are usually the sole result. Chess clubs have existed here in the past; why should they not be revived now with our other associations? It would bring together those who already play chess, and would encourage others to study the game, which...