Word: rome
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...perhaps the most noteworthy contribution of the current Scribner's. There is a paper on the Peary Relief Expedition by the chief of the expedition and another of the articles on the "Poor in Great Cities," deals with Naples. Frederic Crowninshield gives the "Impressions of a Decorator in Rome...
...sedition, crime hold away and the law of the strongest still rules. Though the need for voices in the wilderness is ever decreasing, though all observation shows that the world is getting better day by day, yet the need exists if to a less degree than it did when Rome was in her questionable prime...
...substitutes of the team are A. D. Cochrane of New York city, full back; G. M. Ives of Rome, Italy, end; G. W. Mixter of New Haven, centre rush; C. W. Wallbridge of Brookline, Mass., centre rush...
Professor Marsh delivered his second lecture on the beginnings of modern poetry in Sever 11 last evening, A week ago, he spoke on the poetry of Provence; last evening. on the poetry of France proper. Both Provence and France had partaken of the civilizations of Greece and Rome, but France did not completely fall under their influence. Then, under Chalemagne, the interest in literature was once more awakened, the new culture showed itself independent of the old, and was so much the fresher and more original than the Provencial poetry...
Provence had had only a few stock themes, and, even in treating these, no room had been given for the play of individual traits. France on the other hand, drew the material of her poetry from the history of Rome, of Franks, and of Breton's alike, and was also considerably influenced by the satirical cast of mind the Crusaders found present in the Orient. All these civilizations, each with its distinct ideals made their influence felt in the formation of French poetry and have given it a breadth, variety, and richness that make it the first truly cosmopolitan literature...