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...alteration of a plot, since it condemns, not a part, but the whole, for the purpose for which it was written. For I take it that closet tragedies are not produced until authors get to be more in love with themselves than with nature. Undoubtedly it is hard to put King Lear on the stage; for it requires a great actor of the heroic school such as is seldom found out of Italy, and calls for an elaboration and perfection of detail which cannot be secured so long as the lavishness of the public does not equal its critical sense...
...class, many men, doubtless, will comply with the request. Mr. Bowen was greeted with long applause when he first appeared before the audience, and many parts of his lecture met with the same approval. The lecture deserved it, for, although on account of his audience, Mr. Bowen put his remarks in the shape of an informal talk, yet what he said was sufficient to show that he had the material for an interesting running commentary upon the stereopticon illustrations which form the main feature of the lecture...
Study the mother. Remember well what passes. Be a man of as much ease as possible. Thursday. Return to Glasgow. See High Church. and particularly the paintings, and put half a crown into the box at the door. Friday. Come back in the fly. N. B. You are to keep and exact account of your charges." The energy with which these short sentences succeed one another show how much Boswell was moved. And yet, he did not quite lose his head. "Study the mother," he says impressively, and "Keep an exact account of your charges...
Third bout, W. H. Paine, L. S., and Clement. Paine led off by planting his left on Clement's body, and the latter returned by landing several blows on Paine's head and driving him on to the settees. Paine then rallied and put in some stinging blows on Clement's head and body. In the second round Paine went in for business, and his superior weight began to tell. He did effective work with his left, but many of his blows were dodged and countered by Clement. The third round made it plain that although Clement was more scientific...
...Massachusetts Institute of Technology has thirty-five men in training, and will put a nine in the field this year...