Word: scene
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Castle, which was all aflame with light and splendor. The old drawbridge was a bower of evergreens; the courtyard was as gay as flowers and banners and bands and electric lights could make it. Passing through the low-arched passage that leads to the promenade, we come upon a scene of revelry which we shall not soon forget. The altan is covered with tables and chairs; and busy waiters are dashing madly about with fluid refreshment. Above us looms the beautiful facade of the castle, its grim statues and stone gorgons, its fluting and arabesques, all that is uncouth...
...impressive scene in the old church, and one which called up many memories. On this very spot and in a church of the same name, Ruprecht I five hundred years before dedicated the university to religion and knowledge. The building was filled to the last man possible. The oration was a masterly production, and was delivered in a manner befitting the great occasion. Like all Germans, Doctor Fisher is nothing if not exhaustive; and in the course of the two hours and a half that he occupied. he succeeded in exhausting, not only his subject but his entire audience...
...seemed to live again in the memories of the distant past. When all were seated, a prayer was offered by the Rev. President Humphrey of Amherst College. For a time the dining quietly proceeded; but soon the busy hum of many voices, the laugh, the joke, animated the scene. All were again hushed, as if by magic, when Mr. Edward Everett, the President of the day, rose to address them. To say that he was most happy, is feeble praise. He was eloquent, brilliant, touching: - and as he read, in the sea of intelligent faces around him, the effect...
...seemed to live again in the memories of the distant past. When all were seated, a prayer was offered by the Rev. President Humphrey, of Amherst College. For a time the dining quietly proceeded; but soon the busy hum of many voices, the laugh, the joke, animated the scene. All were again hushed, as if by magic, when Mr. Everett, the President of the Day, rose to address them. To say that he was most happy, is feeble praise. He was eloquent, brilliant, touching: - and as he read, in the sea of intelligent faces around him, the effect...
...score and Edgerly to reach second. A bad throw of Dann's sent Edgerly to third. Wiestling sent a long fly to Brigham which was neatly handled by him. Smith struck out, but Dann muffed the third strike, allowing Edgerly to score and Smith to reach first. A scene of wild uproar followed and play was delayed for five minutes during the most frantic cheers. Phillips made a sacrifice hit which Dann fumbled, allowing Phillips to reach first and Smith second. Amid most intense excitement, the umpire called Nichols out on strikes and the inning closed with the score tied...