Word: wonder
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...introduction will treat of the four great authors, Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, and Goethe and their relations to the "World Literature." Then the legend of Faust will be discussed, beginning with its fore-runners, the old Christian and the medieval legends, and Calderon's "Wonder-working Magician." Some time is to be devoted to the medieval poems and the middle low German dramas. The next chapters will treat of the historical Faust and the popular traditions of the 16th and 17th centuries in international literature. Then will follow a discussion of Marlow's Dr. Faustus and the development of the Faust...
...slightly marred in the Sophomore year when the vote was about 3 per cent. smaller and it was entirely spoiled in the elections this fall when only 232 men voted. A similar dropping off each year with a large decrease in Junior year is noticeable in most classes. No wonder some people call us indifferent, and it seems as though they are not far wrong in the matter of class elections at any rate...
...there were more such! Under Professor Shaler the student gained a kindling vision of pretty much all of the natural world; under Professor Norton, of the human. In these two culture courses the speaker gave so much that there was little left for the hearers to do except to wonder, to enjoy, and to grow. Students accordingly flocked around in such numbers and eagerness as we read attended the lectures of Abelard. To be properly nourished, each age needs something that is not grown on its own soil. Besides the nutrition that is "timely," a little of that on which...
...students; one living among eternal youth--for undergraduates represent eternal youth--must necessarily himself stay young. There are few professors whom I have known who do not enter deeply into the lives of some students on the purely personal side, and many have possessed real genius in friendship. I wonder how often the student who fails to find such friendship here has but himself to blame
...hearty praise; the cheery, manly tone, the felicitous choice of descriptive terms, and the musical swing of the lines give it permanent value. "The Sound of the Sea" is a fairly successful experiment in rimed hexameters; one may object to the quasi-rimes "heaven" and "even," "fonder" and "wonder," as well as to the expression "memory of remembered faces"; but the verses are in general melodious, and the dreamy sadness of tone reflects one side of the effect of the sea-sounds. The other poetical pieces are creditable in thought and wording; they all show a good ear for rhythm...