Word: conquered
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...utter their indignation for everything that savors of prejudice or injustice, but if they look the matter sternly in the face they will perceive that there are disfiguring wrinkles that all the cosmetics of art cannot drive away. Human nature is human nature, and no human power can ever conquer it. It displays itself despite every effort to hide it beneath a flimsy veil that sentiment may weave. When the Golden Age again sheds its brightening beams upon mankind, when virtue again reigns supreme throughout the world, and when, what is most important, youth ceases to be youth and loses...
...York self-styled critic speaks of that "stupid old farce, 'She Stoops to Conquer...
...criticisms of the London press upon Mrs. Langtry's recent performance in "She Stoops to Conquer" are at variance with one another. Some praise her acting in the highest terms, others pronounce it "fair" for a novice, (rather cautious) and others, still, are very condemnatory. It is said that the Prince of Wales was quite delighted with the acting of "the Jersey lily...
...must want a friend. Can you not look on me as you would on a brother? Can you not conquer your distrust of a stranger, and tell a friend...
...taught his college friends especially, that it is possible to live amongst temptation and conquer it. He has emphasized the fact that scholarship and politeness suit well together, and that culture and piety have no antagonisms. He has refuted the too commonly accepted college opinion that religion and stupidity are boon helpmeets, by coupling the most brilliant scholarship with a sincere piety. Is not this a most worthy record? Has not his life done something for the world...