Word: successful
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...eyes were completely dazzled on looking over, yesterday, the bright columns of the Harvard Lampoon. A venture in a field of college literature never before tried is a daring thing indeed; but if success does not attend the efforts of the editors of the paper whose first issue appeared yesterday, it will not be because their efforts are undeserving of success. In spite of the prophecies of their far-seeing minds, we wish them heartily all manner of good fortune. Nor can we see any reason why the fate of their enterprise should be doubtful, unless, perchance, the standard they...
...insisted on calling Mr. Paine before the house. Although written in strict conformity with the dogmas of the classical school, traces of Wagner's all-pervading influence were noticeable in the first movement (allegro con brio), and in the last (allegro vivace). We should certainly take pride in the success of our Professor in a branch of art so rarely attempted by Anglo-Saxon genius...
...excess, regardless of "the hopes of future years." Many absences that would be excused readily are left to swell the total of cuts, and the percentage of attendance is lowered; and when the system is carefully reviewed, as it is bound to be, will give an actual success the appearance of failure...
...great part of the success of the play was due to the Count di Luna of the occasion; not only was his acting and singing one of the most agreeable features of the performance, but as the author of the "roughs" in the fifth act, the manager of the preliminaries, and the musical director, he contributed fully as much off the stage as on it toward making the performance what...
Leonora, in her singing and in her looks, achieved a great success. Her duets with the Count were invariably encored, and her solo, "Where art thou now, my beloved?" roused the most touching reminiscences, and was almost equal to the original. The singing of the gypsy queen Azucena was the best perhaps of the whole play, and the acting of the part, although slightly overdone, was very effective. Her solo, "It is the Sabbath morning," was exceedingly well sung, although its connection with the plot was not very apparent. It was very much regretted that so little was seen...