Word: robs
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...discovered in the first scene personating the Marquis of San Marco, in which disguise he has been tracking the course of an English traveller and his lady, Lord Rocbury and Lady Pamela (Anglice, Lord and Lady Allcash) on a tasteful blending of business and pleasure, his object being to rob both parties of their cash and valuables, and to take my Lord's place in the affections of my Lady. Lady Allcash is bland and buxom, wormwood to her husband and honey to everyone else - is another ideal of the French school of romance. The real heroine of the drama...
...Selection, "Rob Roy," De Koven...
...same evening present them to two grand ladies at a ball, who are no other than their sweethearts of the morning, now clad in their legitimate raiment. The two gentlemen, in the middle of the night, play at burglars, and bind the squire in his chair and rob him. Dorothy, disguised in male attire, challenges her lover to fight a duel, and, the challenge being accepted, displays arrant cowardice, thus making the denouement and inevitable explanations easy and natural...
That any one should rob the University of one of these mementoes seems incredible. No punishment or disgrace can be too severe for the person who does...
...directors were reluctant to enforce such a regulation, because they are well aware that it will rob many of considerable enjoyment; but it should be remembered that this custom which allows visitors to attend during meal hours would ordinarily be decidedly improper, and never has been allowed in Memorial Hall except on suffrance. Yet, under these circumstances, the directors would not feel at liberty to break down an established custom if they were not convinced that other measures would fail to preserve the order that is necessary, and that a gentleman ought to feel called upon to maintain...