Word: stillness
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...labor of the antiquary, too, except in so far as it throws light upon "useful" points in history, must be condemned at once. If there still exists an old curiosity shop in some unsuspected and hardly useful spot, let it be dismantled at once. Out with the useless lumber, - it will make firewood at least, - and away to the poor-house with the doting old fool who sleeps in a Mayflower bed and pokes his fire with a blade of Damascus...
...lighter roles, such as "Marta" and "Zerlina," her success is unbounded, while as "Lucia" and "Margherita," her rendering has improved-vastly within the last three years, much that seemed hard and artificial having disappeared. Her fine voice, if in any way changed, has gained somewhat in power, while still retaining the same wonderful facility of execution and sweetness of tone. Mme. Van Zandt has not sung in Boston for some years, and during her absence has gained immeasurably in every respect. She has become a finished if not a great actress, and her fine voice is more flexible than ever...
...Well, well, I 'm heart-whole still...
...still the memory abides...
...examine this figure which commands the whole assemblage, you are disappointed. M. Blanc declares that the Christ has the serenity of a God. He says: "Be not surprised if the Son of God is more beautiful than those who surround him; for though issued from the people, he is still of David's race; his features are at once real and noble." The truth is, that you are surprised, but not for the reasons M. Blanc gives, - just the reverse. Rembrandt's Christ has features that may be called real, but no one ought to call them noble. In spite...