Word: familiar
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...feasts, at public and private assemblies- the bard or rhapsode was given the place of honor, and it was his part to recite again and again to the eager listeners the story of Achilles, Ajax, or Odysseus. In this way the people in every part of Greece became familiar with the great poems which were finally transcribed and carefully handed down from generation to generation. In the schools children had to learn the poems by heart, not for the intellectual good which would result from this practice, but to gain an idea of the moral truths which Homer propounded...
...Apollo Clubs of Yale gave a concert last evening in Tremont Temple under the auspices of the Star Lecture course. The Apollo Glee Club, composed of seventeen members, rendered in an acceptable manner a number of familiar college songs, and also some new ones. Mr. A. E. Jenks accompanied the club as yodler and gave two or three songs very creditably, but otherwise the work of the club was hardly above the average. The Apollo Banjo Club made a very favorable impression, playing selections noticeable for their harmonies rather than for any brilliancy of execution. The work...
...candidates show up as well in playing qualities as in numbers, Ninety-two will have a strong nine. Twenty-five men signified their desire of training for the team at once, and this number is very likely to be increased towards spring. All these men are fairly familiar with the game, but it remains to be seen whether there are among them more than the usual proportion of good players. The training at present will consist of light work in the gymnasium on the chest-weights and with dumb-bells, but it will be impossible to do any heavy work...
...Knickerbocker Press has added another to its bright collection of "Nuggets" -this time the old, familiar, AEsop's Fables, translated by Rev. Thomas James, M. A., and illustrated by John Tenniel. Old though these fables be, they are now more attractive than ever in this new edition, with its rough edges and dainty covers. Indeed a more charming little volume could hardly be added to one's library, for the translation is in a happy vein, and the pictures are as quaint and old fashioned as the fables they illustrate. It is just the book to take up after...
Before beginning the translation itself, Mr. Lawton briefly reviewed the story of the Medea and gave a short synopsis of the principal scenes and characters in the play, so that those who were not at the first lecture might be made thoroughly familiar with the personality and surroundings of the drama. Mr. Lawton began his reading at the third Episode and finished the play. He did not attempt to give a dramatic delivery of the story, but to tell it in such a way that an intelligent comprehension of its true greatness might be gained by the audience. Mr. Lawton...