Word: sir
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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more than perhaps any other poet of equal endowment, he is great and surprising in passages and ejaculations. In these he loses himself, as Sir Thomas Browne would say, in an O, altitudo, where his muse is indeed a muse of fire, that can ascend, if not to the highest heaven of invention, yet to the supremest height of impersonal utterance. Then, like Elias, the prophet, "he stands up as fire, and his word burns like a lamp." But too often, when left to his own resources, and to the conscientious performance of the duty laid upon...
...DEAR SIR:- Will you kindly state once more to your readers the new arrangement made for the convenience of members of the University on Sunday evenings in Appleton Chapel. This arrangement seems to have been successful...
There are some translations which have almost the merit of original works, like Sir Thomas Urquhart's of Rabelais, for instance, but it is almost impossible that any foreigner should acquire that perfect intimacy with the niceties of a language which is essential to the thorough comprehension of an author and especially a poet. Both Tieck and Schlegal have mined very deep in the genius of Shakespeare, of his power and art they were among the first to form an adequate conception, and yet in their translation, where Macbeth says: "Here on this bank and shoal of Time," they give...
...DEAR SIR:- I have received your communication of February 26, 1894, informing me that my resignation has been accepted by the Corporation...
...Charlton Black will deliver a course of three readings in Brattle Hall, on the evenings of February 28, March 7, and March 14. He will read selections from the works of J. M. Barrie, R. L. Stevenson, Sir Walter Scott, Rev. S. L. Crockett and others. The readings will be supplemented by personal anecdotes. The price of course tickets is $1.50, but Mr. Black is willing to let members of the University have them for half this sum. Postal notes should be sent by mail to 10 Remington street, and the tickets will then be delivered...