Word: dulle
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...have nothing to do with the world because there are some objectionable people in it. Because they dislike the phrases of Christians of the old school, they shy away from ever speaking of religion, yet they will find the same thoughts underlying all these religious dialects. Because churches are dull they say they are to be eschewed, and yet no man can live his best without the influence of fixed institutions. Just as Darwin lost his love for poetry and music, so a man finds that his religious self weakens and dies unless it is ever and anon refreshed. Because...
...given to gather up the picturesqueness of the past of Scotland and hand down to us in his poems and his novels, the history of the heroic deeds of the North from the time of Robert Bruce and William Wallace. It has been said that Scott was a dull boy but nothing can be farther from the truth. He was early driven by lameness to seek occupation different from those of other boys, and he turned to literature. He was descended from a long line of true Scotch men and he loved Scotland and everything about it. His eyes...
...themselves unable, after a few weeks of college life, to believe as they used to; but there is no harm in this. A man should be encouraged to think of Christianity; for it is not worth thinking of, it can be but a poor thing. Again, many think Christianity dull; but this is not true in fact or in theory. Not only is it most interesting in itself, but theoretically its chief end is to cure dullness. It is the lack of Christianity which makes a life dull...
...very early times there were only vagrant performances,-wandering musicians going from place to place, and playing and reciting in castle halls. Later the church, seeing that through plays was the most efficient means of approaching the people, appropriated the drama. The performances given by it were allegorical and dull, the devil who worked largely in these moralities, alone giving them any liveliness. This continued till the people wanted something more real and natural, and began to develop the drama themselves. They however neglected the unities of action, place and time of the ancient classic drama, and constructed...
...Pierre la Rose. It is a charmingly worded and sympathetic character-sketch, but after carrying one gently up to an apparent climax it leaves one in the air, with nothing to break one's fall, and the return to this mundane sphere is accompanied by something very like a dull thud...