Word: rusticity
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...with an intelligent eye; morally lie has an iron will at the beck of simple ideas, which are sometimes vague; much sullen conceit, more pride; a good dose of courage; no more scruples than absolutely required; the art, of flattering men's passions and of gaining their consent; a rustic, sardonic eloquence which persuades and reaches the inmost fibres of his listeners?a Danton with less fire. Slav and peasant...
...usual, the accomplished Mr. Ray is disclosed as a rural Romeo. The present production offers scope for his entire act and the Ray constituency will be quite contented with their rustic idol. Particularly effective is he in expressing embarrassment by pulling his toes...
...Hasty Pudding Club will hold a dance in the Club House on March 16. All the dancers will wear rustic costumes, and Bert Lowe will furnish the music. The patronesses for the dance are: Mrs. A. Lawrence Lowell, Mrs. Matthew Luce, Mrs. R. DeC. Ward, Mrs. E. S. Webster, Mrs. George E. Dempsey, Mrs. Joseph Seabury, Mrs. W. R. Flint, and Mrs. B. H. Cogan...
...Build a Rostrum in the Main Reading Room. This would make it possible for those silly serious students who want to study to carry on. If there is sufficient noise in the library, as would be guaranteed by the rostrum and the rustic, it will not be difficult to study. What confuses the afore-mentioned silly serious student is the low, threatening rumble of the aforesaid raucous voiced wits...
...time with but one pupil to a "desert place," students finding his retreat followed him. "Cities and castles were deserted for this Thebaid of science. Tents were set up; mud walls, covered with moss, rose to shelter the numerous disciples who slept on the grass and nourished themselves with rustic dishes and coarse bread...