Word: rightly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...literature-the only real writers that we have-to let the stage take care of itself. The result, to say the least of it, is not agreeable. Our dramatists, counting them together, are a poor lot. One must turn to France to find a contemporary dramatist of the right kind. Augier, who is a master of plays, a thinker, and a master of style. Mr. Boyesen has been known to our public during several years, as an author-as a novelist, poet, and critic. It may fairly be said that he is an American author, though he is a Norwegian...
...great powers of the army of Northern Virginia. Some youth,-perhaps it would be better to say, small boy, of patriotic spirit has written in the margin of the volume, at various places, comments of which the following are specimens: "Good, very good!" "Oh, of course," "A good one," "Right you are," "A trifle exaggerated, friend," "How astonishing," etc., etc, Moreover, this patriotic person has taken pains to prevent his comments from being erased, by writing them in ink. This sort of thing is to be expected in the books of a public library, used by a miscellaneous class...
...Princetonian thus describes a nightmare of our faculty who are supposed to witness a Yale-Princeton baseball game a hundred years hence. The players take their places and the game is called. "The ball whirls through the air with velocity, the catcher motions one of his assistants to the right, who is just in time to take in an out-curve of ten feet. "How is that?" cries the pitcher. "One ball!" yells the umpire, stationed on a small tower at a little distance. And armed with an immense telescope. "What?" says the pitcher, and he pulls out a revolver...
...Baxter, '83, was one of the contestants in the heavyweight sparring. His opponent was Doherty, of Boston. The fighting was very close. Baxter, with his lame right hand, did some game work. The judges disagreed and a fourth round was fought. After it the decision was in favor of Doherty. This announcement caused much dissatisfaction among the majority of those present, who called loudly for Baxter. The cause given for the decision was that Baxter did not lead. On the other hand it may be said that whenever he approached his man the latter withdrew from the imaginary ring, choosing...
...visible from the interior of the chapel. The wall back of the pulpit was removed and a graceful arch formed, through which the monument is seen to great advantage. General Lee is represented as lying on his military cot, with a spread thrown over him. His right arm rests upon his breast, and the left hand lies upon the hilt of his sword. The artist, Valantini, and the material used in its construction are all American. A heavy curtain hangs before the arch to hide the monument on occasions when the chapel is used for other than religious or commencement...