Word: appearance
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...Lytton himself, when afterwards alluding to this novel, speaks of the constant attacks on its morality. The character of the heroine is certainly a lovely one; still, even she seems to serve the purpose of making blacker the crimes of the others, and of causing Aram's fate to appear more disagreeable...
...forthcoming, it can be inferred that if the same energetic means were taken for this department, immediate assistance would undoubtedly be rendered. "Some men have been called on by the Reading-Room officers; but very many have been neglected, and still labor under the delusion that their subscription will appear on the term bills. It is strange that last year we should have been able to keep up a larger number of periodicals than this, notwithstanding the large outlay in fitting up the room." It is the duty of the officers to look into this matter, and to devise some...
...remarks of Emerson's, then an article by O. W. Holmes, then an original essay, then part second of a serial entitled "Translations of the Bible; then in rapid succession we notice that John Brown and Milton and one J. G. Holland have been induced to appear. An editorial is dropped in by way of change, and a few personals and college notes. Perhaps the most remarkable contributions are two companion poems, - one entitled "The Pet of the Household," the other "The Little One in Paradise." We quote...
Naturally, all desire in the society of their associates to appear to the best possible advantage. If one possesses any disagreeable characteristic, a gentle insinuation that the same thing in another is very objectionable often suffices to correct it in him for whom the remark was intended. But if he be slow of comprehension, or stubbornly adheres to his old ways, he is more forcibly reminded of his failing, and in such a pointed manner that, rather than endure the sarcasms and witticisms of his fellows, he corrects...
...appreciation of true womanliness, or has so well described it. In almost every chapter he has written there are sentiments as far removed from cynicism as is the most earnest and modest charity. Whatever a man's faults may be, or however contemptible, in the common sense, he may appear, if he has a kindly or unselfish trait in his character, it is that which Thackeray dwells upon, which excites his enthusiasm. Perhaps there is no quality which we should less expect to find in a cynic than that of pathos, certainly there is none in which Thackeray more excels...