Word: roar
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Among the first regiments to march was the splendid 7th Regiment, the New York National Guard, in which Robert Shaw served as a private. "As it swung out from Union Square into Broadway it was greeted with a roar which lasted all the way to the Battery, where it embarked, and Robert Shaw, the flank man of his platoon, was seized and kissed by man after man as they marched down Broadway." He was young, graceful, and handsome; every one liked him, every one trusted him implicitly. He was neither sentimental nor ostentatious, and did his full share...
Still complaints come in that students are crowded out of Professor Moore's lectures by the inconsiderate army of Cambridge men and women. If these people, so ready to rage and roar at any disturbance of their piece by students, cannot be managed by the ordinary methods, officials of some sort should be provided to keep them out of the reserved sections...
...exist without the other; but the essential of religion is the conviction of the existence of God in unity with man. Would you seek proofs of this, look to creation. The sun in his glorious course, the moon as she shines peacefully in the heavens at night, the roar of the sea, the growl of thunder and the flaring of lightning,- all are manifestations of God's presence. In early times my forefathers had no cathedral but the earth, no ceiling but the sky above their heads, no floor but the ground beneath their feet, no altar lights...
...counteracted by a certain manliness. The poem was composed almost wholly by one man and with one definite aim in view. Two destinct strains are felt throughout, one military, one of the sea. Always is heard the clanging of armour, but in the back ground is the unceasing roar of the sea. These legends were sung or rather chanted to the accompaniment of a musical instrument. and together with the peculiar accent and alliteration of the poetry, their reading was made very impressive. Our ancestors were a religious people even when pagans, their literature being as much of religion...
...Tremont Theatre and Von Suppe's fascinating opera attracted as usual a large audience. Eugene Oudin the hero, Mrrion Manola as Stella, and Annie Myers as Fanny bore the brunt of the work and with De Wolff Hopper carried off the honors. The latter kept the house in a roar as long as he was the stage. Next week Millocker's "Beggar Student" will make be presented by the same company...