Word: pleasingness
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"The admirable ease and grace of the narrative as well as the pleasing truth with which the principal characters are designed make "The Vicar of Wakefield' one of the most delicious morsels of fictious composition on which the human mind was ever employed. We read it in youth and age...
The foreshadowed warmth of the greeting is naturally pleasing to the President-elect. But there is, happily no indication that he has been swept from his moorings to modesty. The habits of a lifetime tether him to this valuable quality, and it is clear he would prefer to slip in...
The three Belmonts present a dazzling juggling act, a fine exhibition of skill and teamwork. Florence Roberts and Fred Vogeding appear in a clever one-act play entitled "Blindfold," followed by an amusing dialogue and dance by Rena Arnold and Harry Lambert. Lou Miller and Alice Bradford stage a pleasing...
As for tunes, the big hit of the evening is "On the Brim of Her Old Fashioned Bonnet"; the audience whistles this catchy and irresistible melody as soon as it hears it. "Hootch" is a humorous song, in which the music, however, is subordinated to the words. The other compositions...
In mentioning the verse one is tempted to make use of the adjective "slight." But very probably it is because the ears of some of us are not perfectly attuned to the sound of present-day poetry--if that be its proper name. Certainly thought counts for more than form...