Word: laughter
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...which the incidents were acted. The leading parts were all acted with remarkable power and ease. Peithetairos spoke his eight hundred lines as readily as if Greek were the only language he knew, without an instant's pause or cessation of vivacity, and Euelpides kept the audience in constant laughter by his comic appearance and his ridiculous "business." The intelligence with which every actor contrived to render his own part an essential feature in the fun of the play was the most striking feature of the performance. Euelpides, for instances, when he was on the stage at one time without...
...made the following remarks in reference to a well-known occurrence, in a speech delivered in Boston on Wednesday night: "At last, they said that he is a boor. He don't know the usages of good society. He is not well educated. He was not educated at Harvard. [Laughter.] Thereupon the fellows of Harvard College undertook, in contravention of all precedent, in contravention of all precedent, in contravention of all right, in contravention of the will of the people, and in insult to the people, undertook to deprive the governor of the people, duly elected, of what every other...
...Choate was the first speaker. In the course of his remarks he managed to make a hit at almost every thing connected with the university. His speech was greeted with much applause and laughter. Mr. Choate also mentioned the receipt of a proposition by Samuel J. Bridge of Boston to present a bronze statue of John Harvard to be erected at the head of the Delta. President Eliot, who spoke next, referred to the fund raised to increase the salary of the president and various other gifts of the past year. He also spoke in the highest terms...
...croweded house greeted the Hasty Pudding Club on the occasion of the first presentation in Boston of the burlesque, "Conrad and Medora." The performance was in every way a success. The audience were kept in a continual roar of laughter by the ludicrous scenes on the stage, and encores and recalls were numerous. Mr. Sears and Mr. Dorr made the hits of the evening. The former made a pronounced success as Birbanto and his singing added greatly to the pleasure of the evening. Mr. Dorr divided the honors with Mr. Sears. The make-ups of Messrs. Hammond, Minturn, Mandell...
...Soren caused considerable laughter, failing the first time, but clearing the bar with a large margin to spare on the second trial. At this point the tallest stewards in the association were in demand. After three good tries Mandell failed at 9 feet. At 9 ft. Soren cleared the bar by several inches, causing great excitement. The applause was prolonged for some time. The bar was then put at 9 ft. 9 in., a quarter of an inch above the record; at this height Soren baulked at the first attempt, but his pole knocked off the bar. Considerable laughter...