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...than the bull. It saunters deliberately through the legendary romance of the silk-weaving championship of Canfu, when a youth who could spin the magic flame silk was nearly consumed in the 'blandishments of a temptress instigated by a wily rival. Save for some provocative muscle dances and a breathless moment when the Delilah seems about to spurn mere clothing, it is picturesque but dull, a pretty ribbon on the notion counter...
...meanwhile, with breathless expectancy not a few undergraduates are awaiting the momentous decision of the complex committee as to whether they may be allowed to hear, in their own club both sides of a question...
...swift, breathless scherzo...
...listeners heard a rousing, but polished, reading of the First Movement, with its bold tossing about of thundrous rhythms, alternating with gentle, simple melodies, rising again and again in a seemingly endless succession of climaxes. Then came the swift, breathless scherzo (musical jest) ; then the long-drawn-out, meditative Slow Movement; finally, after fragments of what had gone before, the rich baritone voice of Mr. Royal Dadmun, chanted: "O friends, no more such sound of discord. Let us sing a strain more cheerful, now flowing, a strai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ain of gladness...
...probably the most highly emotional, vivid and grandiose spectacle that theatre goers have ever seen. It bristles with a spirit of the fighting patriotism of the Revolution, and blends with it an intense love story of one Massachusetts Captain and the daughter of a Virginian Tory; adding battle-scenes, breathless rides, and hairbreadth rescues. It is high melodrama with the power which Mr. Griffith knows how to give...