Word: victorian
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...disenchantment. Success came to him with a smash at 24 with The Pickwick Papers. It swelled with each succeeding novel and never deserted him as he launched into weekly newspaper editing, amateur theatricals and public readings. In the end, he became a kind of king-of-the-hill of Victorian letters. At his death in 1870, he left ?93,000, in today's money something like a million dollars. But through the major theme of royalties and applause ran the compelling minor of his unhappiness...
...worldly for his boys, so Amos and Thornton went to Oberlin.There Thornton fell under the spell of a great teacher. Professor Charles Wager was a kindly, quiet man who described himself as an "umbratile nature" (one who lives in the shadows of great men); but when he spoke of Victorian literature, or carried his students on the tide of his enthusiasm from Homer to Dante, the shadows vanished. From Wager, Thornton learned a lesson he was never to forget: "Every great work was written this morning...
...could doubt that the new pros had earned their pay. Out-gunning and outgeneraling the U.S. players at every turn, Sedgman never let either of his opponents get really set, much less launch an attack. Seixas, who had sent U.S. hopes soaring when he defeated Sedgman in the Victorian tournament, was no match for Sedgman at the top of his game. And Trabert, on a 29-day Navy leave, was so badly out of condition that he collapsed in exhaustion under the blistering pace set by rangy Ken McGregor in his opening match...
...Robert Finch) is almost as bad as its title. A young saloonkeeper, whose singer fiancée craves a wholesome family background, hires a lovable old rip to pretend to be his grandmother. She soon turns the backroom-and the boys in it-into a God-Bless-Our-Home Victorian parlor and makes every one so happy that, when the truth comes out, they all vote to go on living...
...Then Sedgman, who relies heavily on his speed afoot, found the wet grass courts slippery going. He found Seixas' booming service and tantalizing drop shots even tougher to handle. Seixas won, 8-6, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, and became the first U.S. player to win the Victorian Championship since Don Budge...