Word: roughness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...literary production, it has not much merit. There is little method and the art is rough. It paints vividly any grotesque character, but fails at the quiet or gentle. It has no cohereucr, and no consummation, - like many pictures arranged by mere chance...
...people, said he, have been so low in social conditions that they have not felt the need of some expression of the peculiar temper of their age. Even in the midst of the British invasions upon England, the harp and song accompanied and perpetuated the deeds of these rough warriors. There is no question that there existed before the arrival of the Romans a distinct Celtic literature which gained its peculiar character from the domination of the Druids...
...admitted, however, that Yale's was not. In touching upon this point one treads on delicate ground, for to accuse a victorious rival of ungentlemanly playing is not, as a rule, showing a truly sportsmanlike spirit. In this case, however when Yale's tactics were so apparent; when the rough and unmannerly conduct was not the exception, but was main fained throughout the game, it seems only fair to the Harvard players to refer to the matter. The treatment which Gray and Brewer received particularly after making fair catches, was not only entirely unnecessary, but betrayed the aims by which...
...following itinerary for the Western Trip of the Musical Clubs has been provisionally adopted. A few minor details, such as the choice of hotels, have in one or two cases been left out, but the plan in the rough is as given below...
...class foot-ball game on Jarvis field yesterday afternoon was a pleasure to watch. Both teams played remarkably good foot-ball, and the game was lost and won on its merits. In this it was a pleasing contrast to the game of Tuesday, for although there was some rough play, and some holding, yet both teams were on the whole very careful, and the only case of slugging which was noticeable was that for which Duffield was disqualified in the second half, where he lost his temper and struck Gardner. The play of neither team was gentle, to be sure...