Word: quarrels
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...throws on the sand an oyster, during a graceful dance. The first part ends with the five Nereides and Amphitrite dancing. In the second part appear the Travelers, who wander along the shore and discover the oyster. The sea nymphs and Amphitrite watch them from the background. The Travelers quarrel over the oyster and are surprised by the captain of the coast guard, who takes them off to court. In the third period the trial scene takes place in which the judge emphasizes the nature of all men of his kind by giving each of the Travelers a shell...
Scribner's--Fifth Paper on "Russia of Today," and "M. de Witte and the New Economical Regime," by Henry Norman '81. "A Battle and a Quarrel," by Frederick Palmer...
...prior to the time of Cicero and Caesar, a clique of about 300 politicians held the power and managed all elections, with the result that riots and proscriptions followed each other in rapid succession. The condition of the proletariats, or common rabble, became steadily worse; but during the long quarrel between Marius and Tulla their support was essential for the success of either party, a fact which led to many measures for their relief...
Synopsis: Act. I--Scene 1. A street in Spain in the Carnival time. The quarrel. Scene 2. Before the house of Bellides. The lovers' rendezvous...
...violent nature, and welcomed the war of 1870 as a chance for throwing off the yoke of social restraint that he hated so much. He became associated with the Commune, which later caused his exile. During his residence in Brussels he shot a friend in a quarrel. For two years he lived in prison, spending his time in introspective meditation. This led to his becoming a Roman Catholic, and to the writing of "Sagesse" in 1880. His existence was two fold, - either spent in debauchery and sensual crimes, or in meditation upon the delights of mystic religion. He was essentially...