Word: rude
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Judging from the rude and puerile conduct of certain members of Fine Arts 4, it would seem that such a course in manners should be prescribed, for evidently a sense of decorum can not be inspired in these individuals by the mere association with gentlemen...
...churches of San Ambrosio in Milan and of San Michale in Pavia are probably the oldest existing types of Lombard Romanesque. The early builders were rude and feared to attempt much, hence most of their buildings have not lasted. Gradually the Italian influence made itself felt and the buildings became more beautiful. The sculpture was especially rude; but imaginative. The Lombards had no liking for saints and crosses, for church decoration, but preferred animals and dragons, usually in attitudes of fighting. But they did not always have this way. Lombard workmen could not always be obtained, and when Greeks...
...your editorial duties, yet one which it would have been very well worth your while to have known before expressing opinions which, as you will readily see in a moment, appear, in view of its existence, at once practically unsound and from a sentimental point of view, undesirably rude...
...Other things were needed to strengthen and establish belief. The most important element which helped to accomplish this was that of feeling; the dread of death, and the yearning for loved dead. Then the element of desire, whether for the individual or for others had wide influence. In its rude form this element was undoubtedly connected with the thought of self. The deep seated longing for after life testified to the worth of life. The ethical element also helped to establish the roots of faith in immortality. This element demanded that good should be rewarded and evil punished. Finally there...
...Atlantic coast, notably in the Delaware valley, have been found the oldest relics of the paleolithic period. These are rude stone implements used for knives, hatchets, etc. There is a marked similarity between some of these implements and those belonging to the same period found in Europe...