Word: seldom
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...number of works which are seldom performed, such as Schubert's octet and Beethoven's septette, will also be rendered...
...dialogne throughout is ciever and amusing and seldom too long drawn out. The chorus sang with spirit but were a trifle woodeny in action. The scenery and costumes, designed by Pitts, were first-rate, especially the houses in Harvard Square. In the second act, many local celebrities are introduced including Poco, Foster, a policeman and four of the Faculty, who are cleverly taken off by Schurz, Stone, Nichols and Parker. Ordinary and extraordinary occurrences, such as a band procession, taking out of an Institute ten, waiting for an electric car, and a spirited struggle between John and his donkey...
Professor Palmer reviewed the work of the Student Volunteer Committee for the last two years. He pointed out that there is a large number of students doing charitable work yet not knowing and seldom if ever meeting each other. It is for the purpose of bringing them together that these conference meetings are held. Professor Palmer then introduced Mr. Birtwell as chairman of the evening...
...literature of the people. All the records that we have are preserved to us in writings on clay and stone. The script originally was a series of pictures; then it reached the syllabic form, and finally vowels were introduced although today in the Arabic newspapers vowels are seldom used...
...course of an interview in the April issue of Music: "I am heartily in favor of opera in our own language, and do what I can for it. Now, take that company at the Castle Square. Miss Lane deserves as much credit for her work as does Mme. Melba. Seldom in my life have I found so sweet and sympathetic a voice as hers. Her Marguerite was a revelation. While that company remains there, there is a proof of what can be done by American artists, trained in America, in the American language...