Word: characterize
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Lessing's life had neither the romance of Schiller's, nor the charm of Goethe's. It was one long struggle against poverty, in an age when people had not come to understand that literature was a profession worthy of the highest type of man. Manliness and a love of...
Lessing was perhaps the greatest critic that ever lived. His superiority was demonstrated in his judgment of Shakespeare, whom he understood far better than his English contemporary, Johnson. His literary reviews were fearless, and even his personal friends were not spared. He freed the German drama from its slavery to...
The third and last week of Annie Pixley's successful engagement at the Tremont theatre was begun last night with a revival of "M'liss," Miss Pixley has become distinctly identified with the role of "M'liss" and has, in that character, achieved her greatest success. During the performance Miss...
William H. Crane began the second and last week of his engagement at the Hollis Street theatre last evening. "The Senator" has proven a great success, and during last week the capacity of the theatre was tested at every performance. As Senator Rivers, Mr. Crane has won a greater triumph...
The principal point to consider is what impression Socrates made upon his people. He was no writer so all information about him must be obtained from such works of his disciples as the Memorabilia and Apology of Plato. For more than a generation Socrates was a familiar figure in Athens...