Word: criticalness
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...nothing, and is unspeakably silly; that in "An International Love Affair" a fair story is marred by an effort to be smart; that the "Three Moods of the Marsh" are vague and vapid. (Alliteration is always effective in muck-raking; the fitness of the words is less important). The critic may further observe that the verse is extremely conventional and not always grammatical; and that Kentish sailors must have queer occupations that lead them monthly to the Severn and the Trent. But the real opportunity for sensational exposure lies in the notices of plays at the Boston theatres: a feature...
...every capacity in which he spent his strength and thought; as student of medicine, as companion-in-arms, as leader and co-worker in the physiological laboratory, as dean and foremost counsellor at the long table of the Medical Faculty; whether ally or critic, his words were always listened to with attention and respect and while he won everywhere new friends he never lost...
...Hill's intellect was swift and subtle in its operation, frank and uncompromising in its expression. His critical powers were keen and accurate, and they had been trained to practical uses by his study of the law and his experience as a newspaper correspondent. His talent for detecting the besetting sin of a young writer and for characterizing it in a pungent phrase amounted to genius. His vivacity was amazing. He came to each day's tasks as fresh as if he had never been through them before. Often as he had to say the same things, he never said...
...satire is always kindly, and usually illuminating. A captious critic might wish that some of the more obvious and familiar jests, like those concerning baked beans and squirrels with unfinished tails had been omitted; but this would only be because the merits of the old wit had been dimmed by the new. The thoughts that flow like the Charles River, the feather boa with which Boston can see nothing the matter because "It's the same that she's always worn," "the Unitarian who cannot be effectually told to go to the devil," the ghosts of the Beacon Hill mansion...
...given a square deal. And when the President and the Deans have been consulted as to the composition and authority of the new body, and when the necessity of reviving the Council while the machineries of class elections are convenient is self-evident, it hardly behooves a critic to discuss ideal methods of ratification and nomination...