Word: witnesses
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...play was stopped now and then for the introduction of fun, which should not have been necessary in a play that was by definition, fun itself. But for all that, Mr. Reniers has invented several funny situations and has written more than one witty line, even if the wit smacked at times of the taste of the Restoration. The songs, however, were all fairly clever, and they were vitally connected with their context in the play. The music was excellent,--it had lilt, melody, and originality...
...humanist, note the clouded brow of the gentleman from New York and interpret it as an element New York and interpret it as an innate of Quakerism in your ancestry, smile and plagiarize the subtle wit of the baseball expert. And when your neighbor refuses to be interested in the popular movement, be certain that he must have a species of baseball aphasia...
...note this one thing about that. Just as in David's case the victory is not to the strong. David, as I have said, had the wit to see that there was no use facing a giant by brute force. He could bring no brute force to compare with that of the giant. It was the intelligent use of the means that lay within his reach...
Professor Copeland, after a great deal of urging, has very kindly consented that his last reading of the year on Wednesday, March 26, shall be in the Living Room of the Union instead of in the Dining Room. The subject, as he has announced it, is "Irish Wit, Humor, and Pathos--in English and the Brogue...
Major Higginson needs no introduction to Harvard students. In the past his addresses have always been interesting and entertaining. Tomorrow night his subject will allow his charming personality, his keen wit, and his forceful eloquence full play. This talk should be one of the most interesting of the series being given in the Union this year...