Word: successful
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...Tatler, which he started, was the first successful attempt to gather news and present it to the public. The first number appeared in April 1709, in it being shown the scope and purpose of the paper. It was to be issued Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of each week, being started and run entirely by Steele who in connection with it, assumed the name of Isaac Bickerstaff. Addison detected the hand of Steele in one of the first issues and offered his services, contributing first in the eighteenth number. His appearance made a change in the character of the paper. Politics...
...Addison his favor at court. They then started the Spectator, which was to be issued daily. It was very different from the Tatler, as it excluded politics and was in no way a newspaper. The first number appeared in 1711 and continued for somewhat over a year with great success. Steele created the Spectator Club, and among other characters that of Sir Roger de Coverley. Steele had much the greater facility at the invention of incident and character, while Addison could tone these down and get them in proper form, as his friend could not. In December 1712 the Spectator...
...Committee which has charge of the Winter Meetings to see the way in which the students have come forward in support of them. It has been the fault of the college, rather than of the committee, that the meetings in the past have not been more of a success. If this experience of persuading men to enter the boxing and wrestling events to make a contest must be repeated year after year, it is simply a question of a very short time when the first Winter Meeting will have to be dropped from the list of college events. There...
Just when Silberling is rejoicing over his success, however, his falseness is discovered. Von Fink explains to Agnes that the fatal letter was written before he knew her, and that the wrong impressions he had of her were given him by Silberling. Agnes invents a ruse to induce Silberling to give her back her promise - and accepts von Fink. Silberling, discovered, retires in shame and confusion...
...entries for the first winter meeting will begin to-day and close on Saturday. The committee of arrangements has taken great care to make the events this year in every way a success. We would urge all who have been in training not to fail to enter their names. It has been the experience in past year that men will train conscientiously to the last and then, for various reasons, refuse to take part in the meetings. Often, when, to all appearances, the prospect of a large number of entries was good, the meetings have barely escaped from utter failure...