Word: pleasingness
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A few lectures are devoted to Harvard history, a field in which Mr. Morison is undisputed master. These hours are particularly pleasing as much time is spent in retelling the life of the undergraduate of two centuries ago. Fine tales of college pranks a la 1700 told in an inimitable...
I am seriously thinking of proposing to our Mission Board that a school be established somewhere in the North for the purpose of training intelligent and devoted young men and women for work in the cultural and religious wilds of the deep South. . . . Perhaps our expensive personnel could be withdrawn...
Income tax receipts were almost exactly what he had expected. The tariff had proved to be a gold mine, bringing in ?17,000,000 more than anyone had estimated. General business improvement accounted for most of the rest. But what really brought the surplus to such pleasing plumpness was that...
Warren William, a veritable Thoth with a moustache, plays the part of a young man graced with personal at- traction, a propensity to love, and a desire to reach the heights on someone's else endeavors. He rambles through his part with a rhythmic ease that is restful to watch...
The Saturday evening concert at Symphony Hall was a most pleasing two hours of unpretentious and gay music except, of course, for the fervent piece of Sir Edward Elgar. And oddly enough, all the composers whose operas were presented are dead except one.