Word: comparison
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Interpretation of Myths. - What is a myth? Euhemeristic theory. Comparison of myths. Hercules and Cacus. Max Muller's interpretation inadequate. Daphne. The Erinys. Primitive thought. Object-souls and indwelling spirits...
...have proctors in squeaking boots walking up and down an examination-room. It is annoying, also, to have two proctors stand behind you and converse in tones so exquisitely modulated that you catch just half their conversation. But, great as these annoyances are, there is one other in comparison with which they sink into insignificance. It has frequently happened that as soon as a number of men had finished their papers, the books were seized by some proctor, who, after reading until he came to a passage that seemed to him ridiculous, would call a fellow-proctor to enjoy...
...some weeks the Era has been laboring to bring the total depravity reached in the Senior Class elections at Harvard within the comprehension of its readers, and has at last succeeded, speaking of the elections as "a contest to which the worst ward elections in New York bear no comparison." Then follows the statement: "A committee of the Faculty has been appointed to investigate the affair, and in case any instances of bribery or trading of votes are detected, the offenders will probably be summarily dealt with...
...article in the Cornell Review attempts to draw a comparison between "Aurora Leigh" and "Pendennis." The title of the article is "Aurora Leigh as the Metrical and Feminine Complement to Thackeray's Pendennis." We are obliged to acknowledge that the writer of the piece has a more vivid imagination than we can pretend to. The comparison is ingenious, but the case is not made out. Both stories follow out the development of a principal character, as many other novels and poems do. Beyond this we fail to see any great similarity...
...Comparison."I love to watch from Holyoke's noble height...