Word: sadness
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...made the greatest mistake in its history and I am terribly sorry. As I have already indicated, I think the reasons for breaking off diplomatic relations are not at all sufficient, and I hope that some day this country will come to realize this. It will be a very sad awakening, but it will do us a world of good...
...would be a sad thing and not to the credit of any of us if we allowed the sacrifice of our dead countrymen and comrades to go unremembered, and the efforts of the valued living to go unrewarded. ALFRED PUTNAM...
...putting on the disposition of the Fool in order to strike at the insincerity and unreality of the world about him. Hamlet derived his disposition from his former friend, Yorrick, the court jester, which friendship is emphasized and illustrated in the play by Hamlet's sad reminiscences in the grave-digger's scene...
...number as a whole is exceedingly good; but there is a sad lack of editorials! The only one merely discusses one of the articles. This is a fault easily remedied, however...
Trilby, as impersonated by Miss Neilson-Terry, is such a one as lovers of Du Maurier's tale have imagined the real Trilby to be. Clothed in garments well suited to acentuate her statuesque beauty she moves through the piece, at times merry, and mischievous, at times pitifully sad. And in the scene, where under the influence of Svengali she sings "Sweet Alice Ben Bolt" her voice won the hearts of the audience even as that of Du Maurier's heroine won the hearts of the audience he describes...