Word: frequently
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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There is also a superfluity of figurative language in some poems which is sometimes so frequent as to obscure rather than to illustrate the thought. Being struck by a particularly poetical idea, the author writes a poem to display it, but commonly the thought which constitutes the subject is contained in two lines, and the rest of the poem is filled with metaphor and figurative expressions. It seems quite possible that short poems might be written wholly without such...
...advanced in life, who has been able to test many theories and make frequent applications, alone is able to offer what is truly valuable...
...course from the time of his admission" to entitle him to the degree of A. B. This is a rather sudden and unexpected rise, and with such an extended "margin" as fifty per cent and the mark-et so variable we need not be astonished if "suspensions" are of frequent occurrence...
...distinctly understood that the Reading-Room is not the public property of the undergraduates; it is private property, the property of a society; and since the departure of '72 and '73 we surmise that this society is far from comprising a majority of the students. The outsiders who frequent the hall probably do not realize that they are trespassing on the rights of others, and it is almost excusable that they should not realize...
...applause was frequent and hearty, and given with wonderful discrimination, considering the number of gamins up stairs, and their well-known fondness for applauding in the wrong place. Mr. Booth received the compliment of a call before the curtain, and the members of the company were not forgotten...