Word: pleasingness
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The operetta on the whole is pleasantly tuneful; it is diverting to a limited extent; it is satisfying in the greater part of its acting; gorgeous in some of its settings and pleasing in its spirit. It suffers chiefly in comparison with Straus' splendid former works.
The February Monthly contains four sonnets, seven other poems, a story, two other prose articles, two editorials, and a review of a book. At no time in my remembrance have the undergraduates shown a more active interest in writing verse, or written better verse, than they are writing today: yet...
After this 20-minute scrimmage with the substitutes, the University team played the B. A. A. seven a very evenly matched game for 10 minutes, during which neither side was able to score. The showing against the B. A. A. was especially pleasing, for the latter team was fresh while...
A glance at the new volume, crammed with facts arranged so as to be easily accessible, reveals a more pleasing typographical appearance. A dull finish, durable paper has succeeded the thin gloss, and the monotype composition has made for greater accuracy and a more symmetrical arrangement.
The theatre-going public has been used to seeing Margaret Romaine and Clifton Crawford in trivial but well-done vehicles and it was most disappointing to have the former sing unintelligible tunes well, which were wholly out of place, and have the latter revivify all his old business, which was...