Word: unfamiliar
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...lecture by Sir Edwin Arnold who chose as his subject, "The Upanishad." On being introduced by President Eliot Mr. Arnold said that he had little hope of doing justice to his subject but could not resist the opportunity of saying something about India. The word Upanishad is probably as unfamiliar to you all as to Alexander when he invaded India nearly two thousand years ago. On this occasion he sent a message to one of the native princes ordering him to come with gold and jewels or lose his head. The prince was unterrified and merely sent word to Alexander...
...Strongbow's Conquest of Ireland," Mr. Barnard has in the Contemporary Writers Series made a valuable addition to English history. The period embraced-from 1166 to 1186-is now so remote as to be unfamiliar, except to the thorough student of history. The present volume, therefore, aims to make attractive what other-wise would be neglected. The story is told with a quaintness befitting the times, and is illustrated by maps, genealogical table and pictures. [G. P. Putnam's Sons, publishers...
...language to be the one thing absolutely essential to the education of English speaking men, and we regard the literature of the English language as the one literature with which it is a shame for any educated man or woman to whom English is a mother tongue to be unfamiliar. We hold that a loving familiarity with our own literature is of much greater worth as education and cultivation than all else that the colleges teach or can teach, and we rejoice in the courage shown by Harvard College in laying aside academic traditions and seeking to give some sort...
...that the merry mid-years are holding high carnival in our midst, we are, or ought to be, capable of appreciating the agony of the man who finds himself confronted by some phrase of a dead or unfamiliar living language which he cannot, for the life of him, translate. No true Harvard man, however, will give up the attempt to construe a sentence because of any such trivial obstacle as total ignorance of its meaning. A good guess is not without its value, and if the guesser fails to hit within forty rows of apple trees of his mark...
...modify their choice of their first subject if they were sure that only three or four more subjects would have to be prepared by them. If, however, a large number of subjects with which they are more or less familiar has to be reserved for the examination, a comparatively unfamiliar subject will have to be chosen for the first forensic. For these reasons it would seem well for the instructor in forensics to decide as soon as possible upon the advisability of granting or refusing the petition which evidently has the good will of a great majority...