Word: speake
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Nation" criticises Prof. Royce's recent novel as follows: "The opportunities which a reader of current fiction may have of giving an hour or two of his time to the work of other than unskilled and frequently presumptuous writers, are, relatively speaking, only too rare. The immense quantity of trash that is thrown into the form of novels, and in some way provided with publisher and audience, is so noticeable that to even speak of it seems commonplace. It is not at all wonderful that we should have this vast stream of fiction, which can in no way be classed...
HARVARD NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. - Owing to Professor Hyatt's illness, he is unable to speak on Wednesday; May 25. Dr. Minot will speak on that evening, at 7.30 o'clock, instead of Monday, and there will be no lecture before the Society this evening. The public are invited to Dr. Minot's lecture...
...communication published to-day in regard to the freshman game with Yale contains an assertion which is most unwarranted, as far as the CRIMSON is concerned. As for our correspondents, we do not pretent to possess the ability to sift their motives, but we can speak for the position which we ourselves have taken...
...ROPES, Sec'y.DEUTSCHER VEREIN. - Meeting this evening at 7.30 in 21 Stoughton. Prof. Sheldon will speak on "A Chapter from the History of Languages." Election of officers for 1887-88. A large attendance is desired...
...Glee Club, however, that we wish to speak particularly. Its share in the programme will be no small feature in the pleasure of the evening. The songs to be sung are even better than usual; taste and care have been shown in the selection of them and they cannot but be well received. A feature of the evening will be the rendering of Handel's Largo by the Pierian, and the Glee Club re-in-forced by some twenty voices...