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...active man, it may be said, can surely escape by the window. So he may, unless it should be the case that his window is almost as strongly barred as those of a goal. Before the gratings with which the lower rooms of our colleges are fortified had been broken-down from without, the poor fellow within might be in as miserable a plight as the sinners who are represented in the 'Calvary' at Antwerp, kept in by bars and amidst the flames of Purgatory...
...broken-down health and a little-known name...
...dear fellow; but now you are in the middle of all the gorgeous warmth and beauty of a New England summer. Put away that dripping umbrella of yours, and let us wander down this lane. See that flock of sheep lying in the meadow yonder, close to that broken-down old wall, and the farm-house just beyond. It must be nearly six o'clock. These long summer days are so deceptive! Yes, there come the cows, followed by a brown-faced urchin. We shall be just in time for a warm glass of milk. Ah! here's richness! This...
...brilliant voice and marvellous execution, but is not a singer who appeals to the feelings, nor does one care to hear her many times. Tamberlik may have been a fine singer twenty-five years ago, but at present he is not much superior to Mario, the prince of broken-down tenors. In fact, the combination of Mme. Rudersdorff and Tamberlik, occasioned by the illness of Mme. Lucca, is something unprecedented, and forcibly suggests the idea of the "music of bygone days." It is most unfortunate that the only redeeming artist in the troupe has been unable to appear very often...