Word: virginius
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...Monday night McCullough appears at the Boston in "Virginius." He comes with the laurels gained in Philadelphia still fresh upon him. His "Virginius" is universally regarded as his masterpiece. His interpretation of the insulted Roman father is vigorously conceived and embodied. However, it is not difficult to account for McCullough's especial success in this play. He is greatly aided by his appearance, for his features are the clear cut ones of the Roman, while the character of the play is such that the actor can understand his lines and read them with intelligence and spirit, something he is wholly...
...concerning required rhetoric. Some new dodge eminently necessary. At Freshman's suggestion sit up forty-eight hours reading diamond Tupper, take a good look at the sun, and go to see the Dean. Dean says "No," and a public for insolence; learning we want to go to Cuba, mutters "Virginius," and says "Granted." Buy four horse-pistols and some brandy. Freshman procures scissors in view of prospective locks of hair...