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Word: stanzas (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...level of discreditable mediocrity and sheer futility of the issue, stands, as his verses have stood elsewhere, Mr. J. R. Agee's rendering of the Horation "Parcius junctas quatiunt fenestras" into first rate English poetry. His lines are at once instinct with poetic feeling and accurate as paraphrase. The stanza overflow is capably handled and the meter admirably suitable. It seems that wherever Mr. Ageo prints his work the level of the periodical is thereby raised, and it is with the pious wish that we mav hear more from him in these transalpine wastes that we conclude these catalogue...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BEEBE FINDS ADVOCATE SOURLY IMPERTINENT | 4/15/1929 | See Source »

...world-famed, reminded each other last week that "Old Mike" spoke to nobody, and would only allow two people to pet him: his owner, the official gatekeeper, and that eminent Egyptologist Sir Ernest A. Wallis Budge. Hiley's Elegy on Cat Mike treats of this in the stanza: He cared for none - save only two: For these he purred, for these he played, And let himself be stroked, and laid Aside his antihuman grudge - His owner - and Sir Ernest Budge! Egyptologist Budge, whose honors and attributes take up more than a full column and a half in the British...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Cat Mike | 4/8/1929 | See Source »

With the start of the second stanza, Penn attempted to carry the attack but was quickly put on the defensive by a concerted Harvard assault. Five tallies were chalked up, as the Crimson passing attack completely bewildered the Red and Blue defense...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SEXTET CONQUERS PENN IN ONE-SIDED CONTEST | 2/23/1929 | See Source »

...second period found Harvard milling around deep in its opponent's territory, maintaining a steady fire on the enemy cage. With the stanza half gone, Giddens took a pass from A. S. Bigelow '30, weaved his way from right to left clear of the points, and sent the disc into the net on a backhand shot to knot the count...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD SKATERS CONQUER CLUBMEN IN THIRD CONTEST | 2/21/1929 | See Source »

Item: Editor Renaud now and then turns a deft stanza of melodious poetry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Renaud's World | 1/7/1929 | See Source »

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