Word: wits
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...also intimates that there is a fine vein of humor running through some of the sketches. The reader who wishes to be fully in touch with the book must be sure not to omit the preface. The most humorous thing to one who had not been prepared for the wit of the book by its introduction would probably be the novelty of the words and rhetoric...
Stephen Perkins, a vigorous oarsman, a wit and philosopher of high intellectual tastes, although disabled, left the ambulance, and was killed fighting in a bloody and useless battle...
...Silent Partner."The Silent Partner" elicited continuous laughter from a large house at the Hollis last evening, although it does not depend on refined or elevating wit for its success. The situations are starting and amusing, and the parts are fairly well acted...
...Boston Museum continues to be stow upon its many patrons "All the Comforts of Home," with all its wealth of wit and humor. The cast is substantially the same as at its first presentation, and while the play in parts is a trifle coarse, as a whole it is very well received by the audience...
...discussion in French 9 today will be "the difference between French and American wit...