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...events and not a great deal of enthusiasm was aroused among the spectators. As it was impossible to follow the order of events on the program, W. F. Pills bury, '89, opened the meeting with an excellent exhibition on the flying rings. He performed many difficult feats with grace and precision...
...bring clearly out the force and exceptional superiority of the artists. The rendering of "Adagio manon troppo" of the first part of the programme and "Andante con moto" of the second part, deserves especial mention. To the running movement of the last, a singular charm was given by the grace of touch and execution...
...exceedingly clever and witty in conversation, and entertaining in a high degree; he wrote verse with charming grace, and had a particularly delicate skill in the turning of fine prose sketches. He could hardly have failed in a literary career, had he lived...
...members, (almost every amateur cricketer of note in England), the record of the team was very creditable. The most notable victory of the Philadelphians was that over the Gentlemen of Gloucestershire whom they defeated by seven wickets. The county was represented by its best amateurs including Dr. W. G. Grace, the Leviathan; and the victory was the more creditable if we remember that there are twenty times as many Cricketers in Gloucestershire as in Philadelphia...
...eastern and western pediments were next described. The remarkable beauty and natural grace of the figures in these pediments, as well as the skill displayed in their arrangement, are beyond praise. The great central group in the eastern pediment is unfortunately lost...