Word: singularly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...whole could not help but bring clearly out the force and exceptional superiority of the artists. The rendering of "Adagio manon troppo" of the first part of the programme and "Andante con moto" of the second part, deserves especial mention. To the running movement of the last, a singular charm was given by the grace of touch and execution...
Another valuable article announces the discovery last summer of a portrait of Washington hitherto unknown and uncatalogued, belonging to a Mr. Peter de Vries, of Arnhem, Holland. The circumstances in regard to the discovery of the portrait are very singular and are well worth the reading. An unpublished fac-simile letter of Washington to James Duane in 1780 also appears. The other papers contributed are: "A Canadian-American Liaison," by Watson Griffing; "The Oriental Account of the Discovery of America;" by A. J. Hall; "The Mound-Builders and the North American Indians," by J. H. Patton; "Slavery in New York...
...every one knows, Delphi is the seat of the most famous oracle in the world, that of Apollo, in Greece. From it the people of Greece were accustomed to hear their destinies foretold in verse. All placed implicit confidence in the utterances of the divine goddess, whose predictions were singularly accurate. It was once the most wealthy spot in all Greece, and now presents a field of singular fruitfulness for the work of modern excavators...
...singular fact that there are only two graduates of Harvard living in Detroit...
...that the present movement was instituted, not at the instigation or by request of the undergraduates, but among themselves. Coming from a body of men in the prime of life, whose opinions on the subject are unbiased, this request ought to have great weight with the Faculty. It is singular that, after the liberal regime entered upon by the college authorities several years ago, selfgovernment in this branch of athletics should be withheld from the students. The liberal principles of the college were shown by the substitution of voluntary for compulsory prayers, by the establishment of a Conference Committee...