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...Henrietta." Volumes have been written in praise of this play, and a large part of its commendation has been bestowed upon Mr. Robson's brilliant impersonation of the role "Bertie, the Lamb." Every one will welcome back Mr. Robson, and especially in "The Henrietta." Custom does not stale this brilliant play, and it bids fair to go on in its prosperous career until the copyright expires, and it shall take its place among the masterpieces of American literature. A long stage career is the more assured because the interest does not depend upon the rendering of any particular part...
...endeavoring to teach them, but it is as yet too early to look for any great improvement in that direction. The daily practice in the cage is omitted on Saturday and the men who pitched last year are given very light work in order that they may not get stale before their real work begins. The new men are being worked somewhat harder in order to bring out what they really have in them...
...complaints about Harvard indifference are stale, flat, and alas! unprofitable. We all condemn selfishness in our neighbors and condone it in our ourselves. That is human nature, and Sam Slick says there is much human nature in all men; but we specialize in selfishness, and, like the hub of the wheel, move slowest; and if we progress at all it is by sheer force of inertia...
...lack of fire-escapes on college buildings is a stale subject of animadversion. There are other opportunities of danger equally grave if less palpable; and chief among these is the abominable system of washerwomen which prevails here...
...Love" gives its title to a second sonnet, of which the music is rythmic and the rythm melodious, but the wording is stale, flat and unprofitable, and again a subject is only new when expressed in fresh language and a genuine appreciation...