Word: riche
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...life in which he lives in thought, and it is the subject with which he prefers to deal. To him there is something fascinating in the luxe of modern civilization, which, if too often the hell of less fortunate mortals, can yet be considered the paradise of the rich. Hervieu has described with minute imagery the whole fabric of civilization as some great and gorgeous temple, and in this temple rules, he says, the idol of all time, woman...
...Sophomore trials R. Ernst, E. F. Mann, and H. A. Rich were chosen as the first team, and G. Bettman, O. J. Campbell and G. Clark as the second team...
...held its first trial for the debate with the Freshman last night. The speeches were below the average Sophomore work and were all lacking in the application of evidence. The man retained were: G. Bettman, A. Black, O. J. Campbell, G. Clark, R. Ernst, E. F. Mann, H. A. Rich, J. D. Williams...
...important idea. Secondly, Turner shows love for human interest. Everywhere he enlivens his already intensely charming landscapes by appropriately placed and logically related human figures. And thus his landscape with human interest has an unusual power *sthetically. Lastly, Turner always takes special delight in contrasting the ruin of the rich with the permanence of the poor--the battered, weatherbeaten castle is contrasted to the busy, still persisting peasants' homes...
...about to take up that kind of writing which mirrors the moral ideals of the world, the law of which is love. If "Vanity Fair" was Thackeray's most powerful book, "Henry Esmond" was of all his works the best and noblest. Its charm does not lie in its rich and beautiful style, nor in the strength of its plot, nor in the accuracy of its historical description, but rather in the deep and tender sympathy and comprehension of human nature that Thackeray has so marvelously expressed. In "Henry Esmond," in "Pendennis" and "The Newcomes" Thackeray showed that power which...