Word: surprisingness
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The talk was closed by a few words on the most prominent of the English traits. It is surprising to notice how very markedly they are lacking in sympathy and humor, in both of which the Irish and the negro are so strong. But their sense of loyalty and fair...
The first number on the program was Beethovens Symphony No. 8 in F. sometimes called the "little" symphony. Beethoven was in a quiet Austrian town when he composed it, in one of the dreariest periods of his life. Yet the Symphony contains more of the light and lively element than...
In an editorial on the subject the News makes the following surprising statement:
The second number of the Harvard Graduates' Magazine, which has just appeared, is as interesting and attractive as was the initial number. Every Harvard man has a right to be proud of the publication and we delight in saying a good word for it. Its contents are on subjects as...
The frontispiece is from Dagnan-Bouveret's painting of the "Madonna and Child." After this is an article by Mrs. Van Rennselaer, bearing the somewhat surprising title of "Picturesque New York." The surprise wears off, however, when one looks at the etchings accompanying the article.