Word: suddenly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...question which the lecturer in tended to answer was what influences brought about the sudden and phenomenal advance in Greek sculpture between 520 and 360 B. C.; how it came about that the fetters of conventional archaism were broken through and room given for the display of higher genius and greater skill. Chief among the causes that wrought this change was the introduction in the fourth century of the nobler material marble, to supersede the wooden, chryselephantine, and bronze images of earlier ages. Marble, with its new qualities, made a distinct impression on the development of the artistic composition...
...news of his sudden death was received with sorrow by his many friends, who feel that by it a life of great promise has been cut short...
Fears are entertained that if a sudden thaw should occur the Charles would overflow its banks and cause a good deal of damage in Cambridge...
There is certainly a general wish throughout the college that the Yale freshmen should row this year, especially as their sudden disappearance from the course last June has been the source of so much discussion. It is therefore to be hoped that to-night the freshmen decide to allow Yale to row in a triple race next June, laying aside all thoughts of two separate contests...
...many friends will doubtless be deeply pained at the announcement of his sudden death...