Word: riche
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...their fantastic life, returns to his own people. From them his failings cause him to be exiled. He returns, however, in time to witness the death of his mother, after which he starts on a romantic quest after authority and empire. Next, Peer Gynt appears as a fabulously rich merchant prince, and his wanderings in several climes are portrayed, but his worldly life is not sufficient to blot out the old Peer Gynt. Finally, he returns to Norway, unsatisfied, and restless, to seek the love of his youth. Here the consciousness of his ill-spent life is strong upon...
...Atkins has made a generous offer of certain very rich land on his estate for the prosecution of experiments in the cultivation of tropical plants, and it is probable that the directors of the Botanic Garden will avail themselves of it. There is now so much interest felt in the production of tropical foods, fruits and fibres, that a branch garden, under the direction of the Harvard Botanic Garden, might prove attractive and very useful. The whole subject is now receiving careful consideration and the most favored plan contemplates the establishment, in southern Cuba, of an experiment station which could...
...discourse on the value to the photographer of studying the great painters. He said that while photography can never equal the painter's imaginatively created results, his idealisations and poetic fancies, it can portray what has permanent charm, and is a valuable resource for personal development and a rich means of culture...