Word: speaking
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Thus shortly may we dispose of the faults of the book; to speak fully of its merits would require much more space. As has already been said, it is remarkable for the vivid, and, on the whole, correct idea which it gives us of Harvard men and Harvard life. Some of the scenes are particularly well drawn, - the account of the foot-ball match, for instance, that of the boat-race, and the description of Class Day. The tone of the book is thoroughly good and manly, always excepting the love-scenes, which give little pleasure and excite still less...
...anticipatory contest for the Boylston Elocution Prizes took place on Wednesday, and the following were chosen to speak...
...possessed was I of the idea, that for a time it seemed to me a reality. I thought of myself as a frenzied collector running about from house to house, person to person, with a machine under my arm, asking, beseeching every one to speak to it, to sing to it, that my collection might be completed...
...departure from the old order of conducting the speaking for the Boylston Prizes should not fail to secure a larger attendance at those exercises than ever before. It seems that there is to be a preliminary trial, and only those who come up to a required standard of excellence will be allowed to speak for the prizes. The number of speakers will thus be diminished at least one quarter from that of previous years; there will be this year, at the most, only thirty. It has always been a matter of regret that more have not thought it worth their...
...eager lips could speak...