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...Certain English Authors Considered as Masters of Style." Special subject: "Carlyle." Prof. A. S. Hill, Sever...
...grammars, rhetorics, a "thesaurus," books of synonyms, etc. His spontaneity disappears; he looks upon originality as something for which he must never make the slightest attempt, and he comes to think he has attained the ideal when his writing reads like a catalogue, and when he has acquired a style, which, from its lack of individuality, is no style...
...lectures are delivered in a very clear style and are fully illustrated by numerous experiments. At present "Musical Pipes" is the subject. Considering the importance that the sciences are assuming at present, it is remarkable how few men take advantage of the opportunities presented here. There is no college in the country that gives so many "voluntary" courses of lectures to its students. It is surprising that more men do not attend these courses...
...Albany bootblack, when asked why he pronounced the word "either" as if it were spelled "ither" replied: "Well, the Harvard boys all say ither, and their style is good enough...
Professor A. S. Hill will lecture on "Certain English Authors Considered as Masters of Style," this morning in Sever 11, at 11 o'clock. His special subject will be "Burke...