Word: pose
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...recent years it has become rather the pose of many Harvard undergraduates to profess ignorance of everything in Cambridge not intimately connected with their pursuit of happiness. At the mention of glass flowers or vesper services, they assume an intensely cynical look and say that these are excellent things to amuse one's family, but really hardly worthy of note. They are rather proud of this absurd affectation, and consider themselves quite superior if they get away from Cambridge without making the most of their opportunities...
...Greek antiquity that have lately been brought to light, is badly injured by the loss of important parts. The nose, both legs below the knees, the right arm below the shoulder, and the left arm above the elbow are gone; but the fragment which remains is superb. The pose is graceful, the anatomical development moderate, and the modelling large and fine in the highest degree...
...very clear and effective, but no remarkably good work was done. The selections were sufficiently varied to be interesting and hold the attention of the audience. Wellman's rendition of "The Vagabonds" was a natural and consistent piece of dramatic speaking. By the quality of his voice and the pose of his body he put a great deal of feeling into his work. Of those who won second prizes, Frantz spoke "The Extract from Lincoln's Second Inaugural" with sincerity and impressiveness. "The Truth of the Gospel" by Hill was especially clear, natural and earnest. In giving "Wyatt's Harangue...
...Barrie for Scotch peasant life or Stephen Crane for the field of battle. On the whole the short story offers greater opportunities for a young writer than the novel. In the short story one may be didactic and yet not wearisome, and then the short story can pose problems and leave them unanswered. Now the novelists George Sand Dickens and Thackeray not only stated problems, but also answered them. The modern method of the short story, however, is to treat the matter in such an ambiguous manner, that two opposing answers may be possible. Again, a short story writer always...
...persons of whom either the minds are active and the bodies at rest or else both the minds and bodies active together. In the great statues of the first class, the Greek sculptors revealed the spirit and character of their subjects solely by consummate skill in choosing the pose. In the gentle lines of the pose of the Venus of Milo, for instance, one reads the gentle and amorous nature of the Goddess of love, while in the more severe lines of the status of Hera in Rome Juno's sterner and more unyielding character is translated...