Word: regrets
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...matter for regret that a gentleman could not have been chosen captain of the Freshman foot-ball team without having a man, antagonistic to him and imbittered by defeat, make a charge against some of his fellow-classmates of "stuffing the ballot-box." We presume, however, that the gentleman, when he made such an ungentlemanly statement, based on no proof whatsoever, and in a manner so much to be condemned, was disappointed and excited at the defeat of his candidate, and did not realize the bad taste, to say the least, of his action. It was an accusation insulting...
...weary and footsore might refresh body and soul, are gone. "Cultchar" did this, and probably to excessively great development of the aesthetic on one side and too little on the other, much of the present obfuscation is due. From some quarters, now that the deed is done, much unavailing regret is heard in Seventy-seven. But never yet, as far as I have been able to ascertain, has any amount of lamentation succeeded in transferring the milk, once spilt, into the pitcher again. It now remains for seventy-eight to say whether more milk is to be spilt next year...
These lectures, in after years, will always be one of the most agreeable features of our college course; and I feel sure that one is speaking for the entire class, in expressing deep regret at Mr. Everett's departure; alike for the loss of so agreeable a man, so profound a scholar, and so captivating a lectures...
...with great regret that we find ourselves called upon to notice so disgraceful an affair as that which occurred, recently, under the auspices of the owner of a bull-dog. As most of our readers are acquainted with the circumstances of the case, we will not enter into them, but that so flagrant an exhibition of cruelty and rowdyism should pass among us without notice would justify the accusations of a low standard of morality which writers in the Transcript have striven so hard to substantiate. The individuals who were concerned in the affair are liable to prosecution for cruelty...
...best in the world. The boat will be about sixty feet long and two feet wide. Special attention has been paid to the construction of the coxwain's seat, and it is believed that in this particular the best possible contrivance has been secured. The crew regret that they have been unable to obtain an English boat, and have thus lost the chance of selecting the fastest boat for the race; but they are determined to do their best with the Blakey ship...