Word: collector
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...well known what a bore it is to pay in cash the man who has charge of the courts, for if one does not forgot to supply himself with money when he dresses himself for tennis playing he seldom has the right change and often finds the collector unable to assist him. It would be much simpler and less annoying to have some small printed tickets which could be put on sale at the Co-operative and other places. These would not only be a great convenience to the tennis player, who could lay in a supply of them...
There are three dangers into which young students of archaeology are apt to fall and they consist in (1) a misconception of what constitutes thoroughness of research; (2) the detrimental predominance of the collector's frame of mind, and lastly the ill-judged and premarure introduction of allied studies into archaeology. People think it necessary to go back into the prehistoric development of Greek social life and art when they begin to teach archaeology. This would be more logical if the science were a more firmly established one. As it is, the true method of research seems...
...songs and hymns for the celebration of Christmastide. It is the usual tale of good children at Grandpapa's for Christmas, who in the midst of their pleasure disvover the usual poor family in suffering, and finally bring the needed dinner to the poor widow, send off the rent collector, Mr. Pennygrip, and then of course enjoy their holiday far more than they would have otherwise. There is a certain want of freshness in the piece, which is its most striking feature, and so much moral that little benefit can come from...
Found. - On Holmes Field, Wednesday, April 14, a tennis racket. The owner may have same by applying to the collector of tennis fees...
Found. - On Holmes Field, Wednesday, April 14, a tennis racket. The owner may have same by applying to the collector of tennis fees...