Word: forgetful
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Intermezzo, "Forget-me-not," Allen Macbeth...
...Intermezzo,"Forget-me-not" (First Time), Allen Macbeth...
...section of the garden devoted to the culture of strictly American plants, large beds of phlox and violets are now in bloom, also much of our native columbine and June berry. There are also many pansys, forget-me-nots and tulips scattered about the garden...
...goodly company of this country library was Dickens, in the first American edition-that edition of tall black volumes of double columns, fine print, and grotesque cuts-and Mr. Copeland deplored the fact that people in these days, remembering too much against Dickens for his unreal pathos, forget to read him for his real though fantastic humor and his vigorous, wonderful caricatures. Thackeray stood side by side with Scott and Dickens. "Pendennis," "The Newcombes" and "Vanity Fair" were in the tall black volumes with the double columns and Thackeray's own drawings. The lecturer recalled among these the scenes...
...player, on both the offence and defence. An inexperienced player does not feel in touch with the other players. In closing he said that the idea of sacrifice is what keeps football alive. But a man must not only sacrifice himself for the sake of his team, but must forget himself in his sacrifice...