Word: touch
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...will do well to free himself of the idea that great books go by fashion but we must read some books because the world is reading them; we must keep "in touch" with society. Such was the popularity of Uncle Tom's Cabin that Thackeray regretted he had not made a negro the hero of Henry Esmond which appeared in the same year...
...other three stories, "The Con- version of the Princess Anna" is the best, There is a light vivacious, touch distinctly appropriate to the bit of History's which the author narrates. While "Old Henry's Treasure," and "One in Forty" do not seem to be particularly strong, yet the former has one or two good touches and the latter shows promise...
...Herford's article is called "An Old English Township," and in it he describes some of the curious changes and chances which have entered into the history of the little settlement of Singleton, in Lancashire. The description has a delightful simplicity of manner and a charming lightness of touch that seem almost to give one a whiff of the very breath of the English country air. No one could give such a description better than Mr. Herford, for a truly English sympathy with country life is one of his most lovable characteristics...
...teams in whatever way seemed fit and to decide on all minor subjects of policy that came up, but certainly not empowered to make a definite and binding agreement on a question of such far-reaching importance as the five-year foot ball arrangement with Harvard. On questions that touch so nearly as this does the whole athletic interest of the University it has always been customary for the University to decide, and the manner in which the present agreement was made is, we think, a grave infraction of the powers delegated to our representatives, and a precedent too dangerous...
...West do this? And even if they could be here for the regular meetings, would they be available for service on committees or other duties? Moreover, men selected from Massachusetts and the other New England States are on the ground, so to speak, - in a position to keep in touch with the life of the University and follow every changing phase of its development. They have the leisure to devote to the consideration of educational questions, and are in direct contact with education in its most progressive type. They come from families which have been college-bred for generations...