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Word: arrested (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...impelled by want to attempt burglary, is surprised and captured by the manufacturer, whose house he has entered. There follows a scene in which the strike-leader, having unmasked himself, gives voice to the wrongs and miseries of the wage-earners, and finally in grief and despair, yields to arrest. It is a one-part play, and N. R. Sturgis '12, as Joe Patterson, was fully equal to the part. His depth of feeling, self-command, and magnetic stage-presence, held the close attention of the audience throughout...

Author: By R. B. Perry., | Title: Dramatic Club Plays Criticised | 4/14/1911 | See Source »

...Juan which echo the music of an earlier time; Mr. Miller a moving threnody; Mr. Reed a poem not quite big enough for its language, but showing promise and some metrical skill. Here also is Mr. Pulsifer's Garrison Prize Poem, The Conquest of the Air, which would arrest the attention of any reader by the size of its conception and the telling choice of its words. It is awkward in part of the first stanza, but on the whole skilful verse as well as strong...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Anniversary Number of Monthly | 5/14/1910 | See Source »

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