Word: victorian
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...humorist divided his address into three parts, concerning himself with the literature of the Victorian Age, of the late 19th century, and with modern literature, and described the hero, heroine and general plot which characterized each. In the Victorian period, we knew at the outset of the book that the hero and heroine would be married, and we were satisfied, for that's what we wanted. And when the novel ended with the sweet wedding bells, we were glad we read...
...need for this broadening influence comes, not while the man is at college, but after he has graduated and gone into the world of business. Here he is extremely likely to find that while he may be far more conversant with the literary style of the Victorian period, he is not nearly so well fitted for the tasks ahead of him as the non-college-bred...
...great social preacher, is especially timely. Carlyle's peculiar style has thrown up a barrier, increasing in formidableness as time passes, to discourage the hasty reader. And, as Professor Perry remarks, the modern reader is content with picked-up ideas and "facile guesses" regarding the personality of this great Victorian figure. The real flexibility of Carlyle's use of language, "the rich accent of Annandale," is concealed for many by his vagaries and eccentricities. Moreover, the violence and unpersuasiveness of his method shocks the unsympathetic...
Professor G. G. Wilson, the University's authority on International Law, will speak on the "Mexican Situation" for the Victorian Club of Boston in the Bellevue Hotel tonight at 8.30 o'clock. An invitation has been extended to the Diplomatic Club to attend the meeting...
...became Vicar of Christ's Church at Lancaster Gate. Three years later he was made Canon of Windsor, holding that place for two years. From 1884 to 1911 he was Bishop of Ripon, and in 1912 he was made Canon of Westminster. He is Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order and from 1879 to 1883 was Chaplain to the late Queen...