Word: italian
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...SHUFFLING in the hall, a knock at my door, "Come in," and in comes Nicholas. He has a pair of bright black eyes, a glistening set of teeth to relieve a dark Italian complexion, and a rich mass of unkempt hair. Nicholas's vocation is candy-selling, but he does not confine himself to this vocation solely. On bright days he is to be found in the streets of Boston, singing to the accompaniment of an organ carried by his father...
XIII. Greek 4; Latin 11; Italian 1, 2, 3; Chemistry...
THERE will be no reading in Italian by Mr. Norton next Tuesday, on account of the concert in Sanders Theatre. The next reading will finish Purgatory. Paradise will be begun after Christmas recess...
...Poems." In the preface are numerous quotations from prominent authors, substantiating Mr. Winsor's views as to the value of fiction in supplementing historical studies of different periods. The different subjects treated are American, English, Scottish, Irish, French, Spanish and Portuguese, Germanic, Scandinavian, Sclavic, Turkish, Ancient Roman, Roman Imperial, Italian, Ancient Greek, Modern Greek, Asian, African, Australian History, and, last of all, Crusoe Literature. An extensive index at the end gives the men, place, subjects, events, etc., mentioned in the body of the book. Each subject is chronological, beginning, for instance, in American History, with the Northman discovery, ending with...
...will be as pleased as I was to know that "all studies will be elective." I was contemplating a study of the modern languages, when I was informed that Italian and Spanish were not included in the "scheme." My father suggests that I had better pursue one of the natural sciences, but, as I was conditioned in Nat. Hist. 3, I object to awakening unpleasant memories. Fancying that I would have a soft thing on geology while at sea, I thought of taking that, but I have given it up, for they tell me one of the Yale professors lectures...