Word: rythm
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Love" gives its title to a second sonnet, of which the music is rythmic and the rythm melodious, but the wording is stale, flat and unprofitable, and again a subject is only new when expressed in fresh language and a genuine appreciation...
...however, in a strong, well written sketch of George Farquhar, touches a different key. Straightforward expression and clear English characterize this paper well worth a thoughtful reading. Mr. Sanford in some very striking verse, pictures "The Lilberhom." The second and third stanzas are firm and very noticeable for their rythm and delicacy of touch. If Mr. Berenson would confine himself to prose, and always write as admirably as in "The Third Category," his work would be appreciated, we assure him. There is here a touch of introspection which is very charming, and the closing bit of brutality is unquestionably powerfully...
...work is unquestioned. The first movement is fiery and modulatory. The prevailing tone of the second is much quieter, but it reveals a wonderful depth of earnest feeling. The scherzo is a very taking movement, an odd and pleasing effect being gained by the interruption of the rythm by syncopation. The finale is jovial in character, somewhat after the style of the finale of Beethoven's seventh...
...poetical talent in the writer. The turn of the verse is often very good and leaves the impression of strong reserve power. Little effort or straining after a striking line is noticed, and the result is a piece of work at once powerful and poetical. There are a faint rythm and music which pervade the entire poem, rendering it harmonious even when the ideas fail to please us. Mr. Felton, in a well written, concise narrative, states clearly a rather complicated story. The peculiarity of the writer's style is to the best advantage, and the story cannot but call...
...acknowledged that the best way to learn any language is to hear it spoken and we know for a certainty that children (who learn most rapidly, especially if they are young) do not reason at all but pick it up by instinct as it were or by learning its rythm or swing. This is the new system which has been lately introduced and is now being pursued,-that of learning a language by sound. It has been most successful in learning the modern languages of German, French, Italian and Spanish; why not in Greek and Latin? The days of reasoning...