Word: doubting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...have no doubt that many of those who have thus to favor their friends, gone beyond their privileges as members, have done so thoughtlessly, and we sincerely hope, now that the matter has been brought to their attention, that they will desist from a practice that is at the very least mean and dishonorable...
...address delivered some weeks ago, Mr. Justin Winsor expressed a doubt as to whether there was a library in American in which the foot-notes of Gibbon could be verified...
...authors were ranked by the number of votes each received and the first forty would be considered as the "Immortals" of England, if the scheme was carried out. But it must be remembered that this journal appeals mainly to the great middle-class of England, and though no doubt well educated, yet its literary taste or judgment is not of the highest. Mr. George McDonald, Mr. Smiles, Mr. Justin McCarthy are among the forty. However "Lord" Tennyson heads the list with 501 votes. His chief work is "In Memoriam." Next to Mr. Tennyson comes Mr. Ruskin with 462 votes...
...recent production of the "Birds" of Aristophanes was regarded by the committee as rather a hazardous undertaking, for although Greek tragedy has now abundantly proved its power over modern audiences, it was thought very doubtful if the old comedy was equally suitable for revival. And, notwithstanding the brilliant success of the performances, this doubt has been in great part justified, for most of the fun and fooling in the play resembled a modern pantomime too closely to be very interesting or impressive, while when the satire was mot of a modern kind, its point was entirely missed, except...
...knowledge of German, as a tool in the study of Greek, absolutely necessary, and the advocates of Greek believe that an arrangement can be made by which more prominence may be given to German without lowering the standard of Greek. If Greek is made elective, there is little doubt that the study of the language in the high schools from which the students come will soon be dropped, a knowledge of it not being essential for admission to Harvard; but in few public schools are the facilities for acquiring a thorough knowledge of the modern languages such that the pupils...