Word: displays
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...real poetry" a beautiful little poem published in the Crimson some time ago, "Blonde and Brunette." His next choice, he says, "deserves an honorable place in college poetry," though published where he "would by no means have looked for it." namely, in the Vidette. After all this condescension and display of superior wisdom, it is rather astonishing to find that the poem in question is not only cast in one of the forms which he especially despises, i. e., a rondeau, but that it is by a living English poet of good standing, Mr. Austin Dobson. "Some one has blundered...
...fine exhibition of heavy club swinging, and Mr. Howe followed with a marvellously agile performance, using much lighter clubs. In the second round the former executed several extremely difficult motions which tested his strength, and showed off his perfect condition and careful training. Then Mr. Howe gave a second display of a great variety of dexterous tricks, which, however, belonged properly to the province of juggling and sleight-of-hand, rather than to that of club swinging. It may be suggested to the Executive Committee that in the future it would be well to distinguish between these two exercises, which...
...last, and most interesting feature of the day, if we judge by the excitement and applause it produced, was the bout between Messrs. Burr and Guiteras. The first round of this event proved to be by far the best display of skill given during the afternoon, and at almost every blow Mr. Burr succeeded in getting the better of his antagonist. But during the second round both men grew rather excited, and then science gave way to frequent locks and heavy battering, in which Mr. Guiteras, apparently the cooler of the two, got in a succession of powerful upper-cuts...
...youthful poems Philip speaks of this instructor in terms of great respect. Although the lines are hardly worthy the author of "The Defence of Poetry," they display a charming modesty, and show gleams of true poetic fire. They are as follows...
...chorus was extremely well disciplined, and all the opportunities afforded them to display their vocal abilities were improved...