Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Class of Eighty-one has every reason for most hearty congratulation over the result of their class elections. A more orderly and public-spirited meeting would be difficult to find. The lines of society prejudice were utterly disregarded, and to judge from the reports of the tellers, every man voted not for a member of the same petty clique, but for the candidate who really seemed most worthy of the position. Slurs on the harmony of the class are utterly silenced. The large number of elections by acclamation or by a unanimous vote, the ease and speed with which...
...learned would be greater and more thorough, although not quite so diverse as at present. We therefore add our strongest wishes of success to the petitioners and only hope that if they succeed, the instructors opposed to the change will not think it necessary to make their courses more difficult than at present...
GAIETY THEATRE. - 8 P.M.; Matinees, Wednesday and Saturday at 2. The wonderful tricks of Hermann can be seen to-night and to-morrow only. He offers many new and striking evidences of his skill as a prestidigitateur. The Onofri Brothers and the Lorellas perform some difficult gymnastic feats, besides, and Valvose's ventriloquism is worth hearing. Nov. 1, Corinne Opera Company...
...first place, particular attention must be paid to the heart: if you have no heart, you cannot possibly become a poet. You must have a poet's heart, too, - different from all other hearts. This is the most difficult part of the subject, and is apt to discourage beginners. Again, it is important to "have loved and lost." This is a comparatively easy matter. Another important point is the use of figurative language. To their reluctance to use more than one or two figures of speech in the same line may be attributed the bare, prosaic nature of the English...
...globe, and not half so savage as they ought to have been. Several prominent Freshman instructors were said to be in the cage with the foxes and wolves, but the reporter failed to wholly recognize them. They so resembled the real animals that their identification was rendered especially difficult...