Word: splendid
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Turner delivered a very entertaining lecture last evening at Boylston Hall on the Hampton Institute. The lecture was illustrated throughout by the stereopticon and the views shown gave one a splendid idea of the work that the Institute is doing...
Until he hurt his neck, Fennessy, at full back, played a splendid aggressive game, and his bucking was always productive of gain. After that, however, he could do little but block off and tackle, but this that he could do he did almost faultlessly...
...victory for Harvard. The weather and wind were favorable; but the traps were wretched, often breaking the birds or throwing them two low. The match started off with blackbirds but as the supply ran out the shooting was finished with ordinary clays. A feature of the match was the splendid work of Gould and Sargent for Harvard; both made 25 out of a possible 30 on the two strings, and the latter made 15 consecutive hits on his second string...
Professor Greenough delivered last evening in Harvard 1, a very interesting lecture on Roman Art, - "House Decoration." The lecture was illustrated throughout by the lantern, and the views shown gave one a splendid idea of the old Roman homes...
...side he had his deeply imaginative and conservative qualities and from the Gascons his light and vivacious nature. He received his early education in a Breton Roman Catholic seminary, where thought was simple and religion sincere. From there he went to Paris, where he found everything more gorgeous and splendid and less real and earnest. To complete his education he went to another seminary, where he first learned that he was not a Christian in the real sense of the word...