Word: tells
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...LECTURES ON THE MODERN GERMAN DRAMA. Schiller's "Wilhelm Tell and Dometrius." Professor Kuehnemann. Emerson...
...doors--by-products, perhaps, of vacation; one is told by a stagedriver, one by a guide, and one is a trapper's tale of long ago. The first two are "bear stories," and do not belie their kind. Rude men, of uncouth speech spiced with damns and tobacco juice; tell of beasts of fabulous dimensions and behavior, without fear of the "malleus naturfakerorum." Like other patterns for stories, this can be repeated to monotony. In "Autumn in the Forest," Mr. Edgell reproduces the sights he "photographed in his mind for future reference"; but, if I may pursue the figure...
...merely the removal of all tariffs. Up to the present time all administration has been along non-partisan lines, everything being done with a view of bettering the condition of the islands. At present we are merely holding the Philippines; what the future may bring forth, no one can tell. As time goes on, and the natives become better informed in governmental affairs, more positions are opened to them, so that now about seven-eighths of the government positions are filled by Filipinos. In their official positions they have agreeably surprised us, so well do they assume their duties...
...Worcester High School by less than a length. The time was 7 minutes, 58 seconds. The school boys had the better of the start and in the first mile opened up a lead of two length. Then the reserve strength and better training of the Weld crew began to tell and in a good finish it beat out the High School crew whose spurt was unavailing...
...Symphony Hall this evening: Italian Night. 1. March, "Queen of Sheba," Gounod 2. Overture, "The Barber of Seville," Rossini 3. Selection, "Trovatore," Verdi 4. Suite, "Venetia," Nevin 5. Selection, "I Pagliacci," Leoncavallo 6. Reverie, "The Voice of the Chimes," Luigini 7. Selection, "La Boheme," Puccini 8. Overture, "William Tell," Rossini 9. Selection, "Aida," Verdi 10. Pizzicato Arabesque, Fanchetti 11. Selection, "Yankee Consul," Robyn 12. March, "Boccaccio," Suppe