Word: scene
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...SCENE: RECEIVING-TOMB OF BOSTON THEATRE...
...SCENE: FORENSICS. - PERMIXTUS (reading). And it is to be observed that in this country large fortunes seldom remain in the hands of one person for more than a single generation. (Division coincide with their feet...
...black gown, with his work all done and only waiting for his dismissal. That most beautiful passage at the end of the Newcomes has been so often quoted that I will not give it here, but only repeat one word, which must bring back that closing scene to any one who has ever read it - a word the old arches have so often echoed to generation after generation of school-boys in the old cloisters, - "Adsum...
...mist, which still remained, gave the scene an unsubstantial, dreamy look, reminding me of the fantastic stories of the Arabian Nights...
Some are content to stroll along the gold-arched avenues in quiet contemplation of the beauty of the scene; other robust natures require the exhilaration of the sharp gallop through the crisp, invigorating air; while to some the sweet-scented woods are a delight, where the whirr of the partridge or the soft whistling of the quail, followed by the quick crack of the fowling-piece and the dead thud of the victim, announce the unerring aim of the sportsman and the plumpness of the game...