Word: pleasingness
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"A Chorus of Wagner," by W. M. Moody, has something of the grandeur in thought of one of Wagner's conceptions, but is extremely unmusical. Some of its epithets are poorly chosen, and it seems rather strange for the "wild eye" to continue "glaring" after its owner has become "shriveled...
The early literature of Iceland was written in old Norse prose and poetry, the latter being subdivided into the poetry of the Edda and Skald or court poetry. The Icelandic poet was not a poet in the strict sense of the word, but a story teller who wandered about reciting...
Hoyt's "Brass Monkey" in its second week continues to draw large crowds at the Boston Theatre. The various pleasing dances and songs especially the ever delightful "Razzle Dazzle" trio in the second act never fail to evoke merited applause. The leading parts are well sustained by Mr. George F...
Two stories in this number have insignificant plots which skill in treatment cannot entirely replace. "Beatrice or Flora" is prettily told, though in one or two passages the English strikes the reader as clumsy or inelegant. It would have been improved by the omission of the roundabout introduction. "Du Guesclin...
The body of the Advocate is taken up by the senior dinner oration and poem. The oration urges college and class loyalty. The poem is evidently better fitted to be heard after a gay dinner than for a cold blooded perusal. The solitary story "The Rajah's Son," is original...