Word: scene
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...picture of the quiet and peace of the ocean scene is a delicate piece of painting that strikes one strongly with its deep tinges of classic spirit, and makes one think of Homer. In truth, there is throughout this poem a healthiness of sentiment and grace of form that bring into only too unpleasant relief the affectation and crudity of some of the others...
...brought home to all the lamentable inefficiency of the so-called Cambridge Fire Department. The college authorities and students will recognize the necessity of all possible precautions and care when they consider the little protection they can expect from such a body of men, who usually arrive at the scene of the disaster a half-hour after it has begun, and who do not know what to do when they have arrived...
...been the aim of the managers to have it perfectly consistent. It is worked up from illustrations and descriptions of Athenian houses and representations of Athens as it was about 300 B. C. As in the classical drama, the unity of place was strictly observed. Only one scene is necessary and that represents the street in front of the houses of Micio and Sostrata, with a view of Athens on the right and the country on the left. On the whole, no pains have been spared to make the play thoroughly consistent in every respect. The actors have worked night...
...copy of Mr. Fuller's new novel, "Forever and a Day." The author's name and works have long been known to readers of the college press, and this, his first work, will not disappoint those whose expectations have been based upon his former excellent sketches. The scene is laid in the town of Penford, not a dozen miles from Boston, and the author, under the guise of a novel, describes exceedingly well the society and people of one of the many smaller towns which surround Boston and serve as homes for those whose business calls them into the city...
There are as yet no signs of the dead-lock in the House of Representatives breaking. There was quite a sensational scene yesterday in the House over Hewitt's letter...