Romantic Movement

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the late 18th- and early 19th-century movement in France, Germany, England, and America to establish Romanticism in art and literature.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

First recorded in 1875–80

Any plans to grow her exercise movement must, she insists, remain “completely organic.”
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Within a few swipes, I was already feeling that burst of romantic optimism you need the first day of the (Christian) new year.
My Week on Jewish Tinder|Emily Shire|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But the real mystery and injustice came from Brooke being essentially written out of the history of the civil rights movement.
Ed Brooke: The Senate's Civil Rights Pioneer and Prophet of a Post-Racial America|John Avlon|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Where the force generating those threats is a widespread, self-sustaining, and virulent social movement?
Cover-Ups and Concern Trolls: Actually, It's About Ethics in Suicide Journalism|Arthur Chu|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Yet, what my peers do not realize – or cannot handle – is that rejection is a necessary part of forging a romantic relationships.
Random Hook-Ups or Dry Spells: Why Millennials Flunk College Dating|Ellie Schaack|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Selections for practice should be chosen which contain much variety of thought and feeling and are smooth in movement.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
Besides this fundamental or primary vibration, the movement divides itself into segments, or sections, of the entire length.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
The major-general kept him well informed of every movement of the enemy, and pointed out the dangerous isolation of Davout.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
"It's always the way with them," sighed Miss Grains, who suffered from a complication of romantic tendency and very tight stays.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
The significance of time is determined by the movement of any selection, or, in other words, the rhythm.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick