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History comes from a root that means to see, then to know by seeing, and finally to tell what is known. Such is the Greek, Latin, Italian and English idea. The German word, geschickte or das geschehen expresses a somewhat different idea, that which has happened, and German writers lay more stress on facts. Indeed there may be said to be no literary history in Germany. We have regarded history as a literary art, and often literary men that can hardly be said to have been historical scholars have taught in the large universities of England. A definition of history...
Johnson is somewhat clumsy. He does not swing straight and his stroke is short...
...somewhat surprising fact that in his will no mention whatever is made of any books, papers or literary remains. He evidently had no anxiety about the future of his works although long before his death he was considered the "prince of dramatists." It is a false idea that there was no appreciation of him during his lifetime, but it was only after the publication of the first folio in 1623 that an adequate realization of his talents was arrived at. In society his reputation was great. He possessed the quality which we now call personal magnetism...
...second round was opened similarly to the first. Newman took the aggressive side and sent in several solid blows, for which Roman returned one on Newman's ribs. Both sparred for wind, then Roman rushed, but Newman met him with a hard blow from his right. Roman appeared somewhat tired then and allowed his opponent to get in several effective body blows. In the last round, telling work was done by both sides. Roman rushed twice with success and forced Newman to the ropes but in doing so received some stinging punches in the ribs and face. Time was then...
Contrary to the former custom, the members of both leagues, this year, will be definitely selected at first. Although it has not been decided exactly how many men there will be in the leagues, the number will probably be somewhat larger than last year, when there were seven men in each...