Word: characterized
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...given to Gawain such a frivolous and even tricky character. It is certainly annoying to anyone who knows the old romance to see the noblest knight of the Round Table thus insulted. Tennyson could have been acquainted only with Malory's later prose version of the story, for his characterization of Gawain is identical with Malory's. But Malory's tale is entirely unlike the original romance. In all the early stories of Gawain, he is not the man that Malory and Tennyson have pictured him. He is an ideal knight, a champion of woman, a loyal subject of King...
When a man comes to Harvard and enrolls himself as a Harvard student, he takes upon himself the responsibility of keeping up the good name of the University. This is no empty or nominal responsibility, but an absolute command of honor that where a man is in any position to...
Every one, however, will be delighted by the story of "A Poor Millionaire," by Mary L. Adams, as charming a character sketch as one often sees.
The early editors of the Advocate would probably have been much surprised if, on the day when the first number of volume I was put on sale they had been told that twenty-six years later the sixth number of volume III would be composed of two pages of editorial...
I. Athletics are beneficial; (a) They discipline the participant. - (1) By fostering bodily strength and skill; Atlantic Monthly, vol. 68, p. 82. - (2) By developing many good points of character. - (3) By promoting best moral growth, by inducing the cultivation of good habits; Harper's, vol. 68, p. 300; (b...