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...actors, but seemed unable to excite as much interest in the audience as could have been desired by those who wished well of the undertaking. The fault was decidedly more in the play than in the acting. The plot is extremely uninteresting, and with a few exceptions devoid of either diverting incident or lively dialogue. The long measured speeches which we were compelled to listen to produced a soporific effect hardly anticipated by any one accustomed to witness students' theatricals. It is a pleasure to be able to say, however, that the actors made as much of the play...
...Ippopotamus, and Dodo, bein' the most wonderful specimens of beast, bird, and fish in the vorld. The gorilla resides in the tropics and eats flesh, and is particularly fond of dissentin' missionaries, vich he relishes vith avidity and then laffs, not knowink as how he has done wrong, because devoid of all sense of right, and the law of morals. The 'ippopotamus, also mentioned by the Prophet Job under the name of Behemoth, varies the monotony of his other wise hor'nary and hinsipid life by livin' sometimes in the vater and sometimes on the land, - a happy faculty, vich...
...benches on Jarvis better than any previous event of the year, and the throng of ladies, each bedecked with fluttering magenta, reminded us of old times. Play was called punctually, with Mr. Allison, of the Resolutes, as umpire. The game was long and dragging, and must have been devoid of interest to any but students. Yale played a straight-out muffin game in the field, and at the bat Hooper was complete master. Our Nine were almost entirely free from that nervousness which usually takes possession of them in Yale matches, and fielded in fine style. Cutler won fresh laurels...
...devoid of glory...
...since it is so difficult to be witty, are we to give up the attempt, and devote ourselves to a style of composition as devoid of humor as a statute-book? Certainly not. If we have not the wit to elicit an appreciative smile from our readers, we at least have the ability to throw into our expressions a certain degree of spiciness and originality; otherwise we had better cast our quill aside, and turn our thoughts to other pursuits...