Word: vivid
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...lectures on parabolic teaching and the teaching of Christ. Professor Palmer began by saying that if we could compare the parables with other forms of teaching we should see how beautiful were the ways in which Jesus taught. Jesus' parables were almost as brief as proverbs and as vivid as similes, thus allowing one to carry their meaning clearly in one's mind. There is nothing grotesque, nothing untrue in Christ's parables. A principle is taken and then is shown a case of its working. In a parable a fact stands solidly on its legs, it is a true...
...class of '63, and his description of the state of affairs at Harvard at the breaking out of the war, when all the '63 men were Sophomores, "in the full tide of sumptuousness and just at the age to enjoy the excitements of the occasion," -is vivid in the extreme. He tells of the political excitement which permeated the men in the fall of 1860, of the student parades, of the many bright verses and squibs which the occasion brought forth, and of the organization of the Harvard cadets, which, by the bye, were drilled by President, then Professor, Eliot...
...whimsical character sketch of an exceedingly prurient young man and a young lady a la mode,-at least we should judge the young man to be prurient, as the point of view is from behind a curtain in the young lady's boudoir. There is a rather vivid description of this room given in the first part, but taken as a whole the sketch reminds one of a judicious mixture of Town Topics and Algernon Swinburne...
...feature of the March number of the Cosmopolitan is "The Story of a War Correspondent's Life" by Frederick Villiers. It is a vivid sketch of the author's experiences on various battle fields, illustrated with his own drawings. An interesting article which will appeal to all lovers of the play is "Beauty on the French Stage" by Edward Mahe, a vivacious description of the more charming of the French actresses. An excellent article on Milwaukee is that entitled "The Cream City" by Capt. Charles King. The principle stories of the number are "Professor Ezekiel Harkinson's Plan" by Henry...
...Vivid and picturesque descriptions of various historic corners of England are those which Mr. Justin Winsor gives in his letter to the New York Evening Post. His last letter to that paper tells of a delightful jaunt through Southwark, the home of John Harvard...