Word: englishing
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...following are the subjects for Themes in English 5: "Is it desirable that a literary class should exist in this country?" "Is it worth while to write a play that is not suitable for the stage...
...ambiguity of the English language is well shown in the following...
...learn from an advertisement in a Western exchange that "The Harvard suit, now worn by college students all over the country." consists in a "four-button, straight-cut, frock coat, made of either a very nobby cassimere, English worsted, or basket goods." No mention is made of any other garment. Well, we live and learn...
...following is the subject for the next debate in English 6: "Resolved, that the popular judgment in politics is more correct than that of the educated classes." The speakers on the affirmative are Gardiner, Pew, and Hall, and on the negative, Allen, Tiffany, and Russell. Visitors are admitted...
PARK THEATRE. - Of Miss Emma Abbot's "Grand English Opera Company" little need be said. Miss Abbot herself does not justify much criticism either as a singer or an actress. Her voice has some pleasing notes in it, and it is smooth, but that is about all that can be said. Her acting is decidedly vivacious, but very crude. She gives the effect of a girl of seventeen who has just gone upon the stage. As Marguerite in "Faust" she fails almost completely. As Mignon she is a little more successful. In the support Mrs. Seguin easily leads...