Word: tales
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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PRIVATE Shakespearian Recitals by Mr. Hannibal A. Williams at Brattle Hall, Wednesday, March 15,1893, "The Taming of the Shrew," Tuesday, March 28, 1893, "The Winter's Tale." A limited number of tickets have been placed at the disposal of the Harvard students by one of the patrons of the course, and may be procured...
PRIVATE Shakespearian Recitals by Mr. Hannibal A. Williams at Brattle Hall Wednesday, March 15, 1893, "The Taming of the Shrew," Tuesday, March 28, 1893, "The Winter's Tale." A limited number of tickets have been placed at the disposal of the Harvard students by one of the patrons of the course, and may be procured...
Defoe was a writer of varied abilities. He was one of the greatest tale tellers of all time. He was the first great journalist of the world, and he took so lively an interest in all the deeds of his time and wrote so well of them, that he may be called the oracle...
...first great books were the "Battle of the Books" and the "Tale of a Tub." The first was a vigorous and exuberant satire, racy and picturesque in style, while the second fairly swarmed over with ideas, ideas of nature, of art, of life, all expressed with buoyancy of wit and crispness of statement. It marked perhaps the height of his genius, and won him world-wide reputation...
...fairy tale, the house was built from the top downwards, first the chimney and last of all the foundations. Even today we do much the same thing. We build our lofty ideal castles in the air, and then the task confronts us of adding to them the foundations which shall make them materialize. Those who can do this are those who achieve success. And it is a hard task. We belong to two worlds, the real and the ideal, and each has its share in our lives. All things have birth in the former; but they must gain their full...