Word: shortly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...early life of the historian was spent in exhaustive reading, and after a short and unprofitable period at Magdalen College, Oxford, he went abroad, staying for five years at Lausanne Switzerland, where he made the acquaintance of Voltaire and Madamoiselle Churchod, the mother of Madame de Stael. He went back to England at 21, only to return to the continent a few years later, visiting Rome and receiving there his inspiration to write Roman history...
...appeared in such quick succession that with each new one we are inclined to say. "This must be a pot-boiler," and then we take it up and to our surprise find again fresh, well-balanced work. "Admiral's Light" is no exception. It is a breath, all to short, of down-east air, tingling with the strong, salt flavor of sea-girt downs and long, pebbly beaches; a tantalizing glimpse of gray ocean and pine-clad islands. The story, as a mere story, amounts to little, but why should it? The book does not purport to be more than...
...wants-a brief architectural and historical account of a hundred of the most significant Scotch castles. The interest and value of the book are, moreover, greatly enhanced by the fifty-one illustrations, mostly pleasant, brown halftones, but comprising also four colored plates and seventeen plans. There is a short introduction, which outlines none too convincingly the three or four styles of castle development, and a good index. The book is excellently printed and gaily bound...
With only eight days of actual practice on the Charles left before the Annapolis race, the University eight was put through a short but hard drill yesterday afternoon. The river was very rough, and the wind dead ahead upstream, but Coach Wray demanded a high stroke. On the first sprint the stroke was rapidly put up to 33 to the minute, and in the stretch extending from below the Stillman Infirmary to the boathouse it was raised to 36. The crew showed even better form with a high stroke than with a low, although it tended naturally to clip...
...ZOOLOGICAL CLUB. Short Papers. "Observations on the Migration and Distribution of the Robin." Mr. S. C. Palmer. Zoological Laboratory, Room...