Word: collector
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...possessed was I of the idea, that for a time it seemed to me a reality. I thought of myself as a frenzied collector running about from house to house, person to person, with a machine under my arm, asking, beseeching every one to speak to it, to sing to it, that my collection might be completed...
GENTLEMEN who have subscribed for the support of the Crew are requested to hold themselves in readiness to pay their subscriptions to the treasurer or collector, who will call within a few-days. It is important that the subscriptions should be paid as soon as possible...
...trouble and unavoidable annoyance which the players undergo are assumed voluntarily, and are repaid, presumably, by the pleasure of success, and the applause and gratitude of the students at large. The subscribers to the Ball Club, when they give the two dollars to the Titan who acts as tax-collector for the Nine, console themselves, almost invariably, with the reflection that they will see, at any rate, well-contested games, and, in all probability, many victories for Harvard; although it is now reported that Yale has finally decided to win the college championship for 1874. If this is really...