Word: confessed
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...sixth century of the Hegira and of Omar of Naishapur, the Tent-maker or Khayaw "as men style him all over the world." It is capitally written and is a thoroughly consistent development along one line. Yet, while grauting the article due praise as an achievement, one must confess that it is rather heavy and involved-a defect inseparable perhaps from a consistent treatment...
Ought they not rather, simply in justice to themselves, immediately to avow their guilt, to confess their shame (their hearts by this time are full of it), to assume all charges, and then, with fit apology, to bear in a manly way any punishment that may be imposed...
...Hand-Organ Music: A Reverie," is an honest avowal of a fondness for hand-organ music, faintly heard at a distance, a fondness that more than one of us feels, but which we are either too insincere or too conceited to confess. The essay is light and attractive...
...disgusted with the management of the club that they are ready to resign." We have yet to find any one who considers the record of the club through the autumn and winter as good as its record in recent years. Even the management of the club confess that the Arlington concert was "below par." More than one of members who took part believe that it could be "called nothing else than disgraceful." The concert last Friday evening certainly deserves commendation. If the improvement shown there is continued, we shall have nothing but praise for future concerts...
...attempt to decry Harvard and her methods. The leading editorial is, to say the least, exceedingly unpatriotic. The tone of complaint is almost childish. It is quite evident that the Advocate has ceased to express a fair public opinion. We quote one of the most striking sentences: "We must confess our belief in the existence of a strong body in the faculty, headed by a personage of great influence, the aim of which is ultimately to confine Harvard athletics within the limits of Harvard college." The editorial then accuses this faction of working secretly against intercollegiate athletics and of making...