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Word: receipts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Athletic Association is in receipt of a kind invitation from the Secretary of the Westchester Hare and Hounds Club, to take part in their run on Christmas Day. The start will be at 10 A. M., at Shradee's Hotel, Woodlawn, on the N. Y. and Harlem Riv. R. R. Any Harvard man in New York should avail himself of this invitation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 12/18/1879 | See Source »

...followed the above receipt may disgust his friends with the flavor of the dish, but he is sure to impress them with the importance of the cook...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TO MAKE AN AFTER-DINNER SPEECH. | 12/5/1879 | See Source »

...acknowledge the receipt of Mr. King's Hand-Book of Cincinnati...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOOK NOTICE. | 11/7/1879 | See Source »

STUDENTS living in college buildings who wish to re-engage their present rooms for the coming Academic Year, must have signed an agreement at the Borsair's office at least a week before the receipt of this notice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOW TO DRAW A ROOM; | 3/21/1879 | See Source »

Never read anything so desolate, and yet so decently resigned. Receipt:- first find a good double rhyme, - like "savour," "flavour," or "candle," "handle." The first line does not rhyme, and the second can easily be worked in afterwards. Then take a comparison to one of the months, as he has to June, such as "March without mud" or "February without Semis," - or anything that is strange and unnatural...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PEGASUS IN A SICK-ROOM. | 12/19/1878 | See Source »

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