Word: suddenly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...force, and is a trifle coarse. The story, as told, is not a thing complete in it self; it is rather a glimpse of what goes on around us, as if the clouds had parted for an instant, and shown us some of the painful, realities of life. This sudden flash of light is what one wants; out we want it so to strike upon the retina as to give us a distinct, forceful picture, not a mere jumble like the images of a kaleidoscope. Besides these prose works the number contains two poems which are not very good...
...Halle made long, narrow streaks of light across the dark, rushing Neckar lying far below. Thousands upon thousands of people were on every hand, waiting breathlessly for the spectacle; but none of them were visible in the darkness. Two rockets shot up ward as signals and then on a sudden, as by a single flash, the old castle burst into a glare of crimson fire. Green light appeared below it; but all else was utter gloom. It was a wonderful sight. Every nook and cranny of the great building was flooded with the fiery glow, as it stood...
...artistic, complete and interesting procession that I have ever seen. It was intended to represent, as by a living panorama, the history of the university and city for the last five hundred years; and it certainly succeeded in bringing back those past epochs with startling vividness. There came a sudden clatter of mounted police, then a snarling of antique trumpets, and Lo! the hands on the dial of time swept suddenly back, all the harsh realism of the nineteenth century vanished, and the age of romance was with us once more. The year of grace, 1386, is drawing toward...
...Harrison Gray Otis, the elected President of the day, was prevented by a sudden domestic bereavement from attending the Celebration, and in his absence, Edward Everett presided at the dinner of the alumni...
Harrison Gray Otis, the elected President of the Day, was prevented by a sudden domestic bereavement from attending the celebration, and, in his absence, Edward Everett presided at the dinner of the Alumni...