Word: time
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...Time of game...
...first time in a century, Venice, escaped from the dominion of Austria (which had lasted seventy years), celebrated its annexation to Italy by a series of fetes equal in richness to those of the republic. In the early part of November, 1866, Victor Emanuel made his triumphal entry into Venice. The men-of-war in the harbor saluted him with their guns; and the Grand Canal, along which he passed, was draped with the most graceful tapestries. A golden vessel awaited him at the depot; it was carpeted with red velvet, with a golden lion at its prow...
...possibility prove beneficial to those pursuing it, there would, no doubt, have been appointed an instructor who should bestow upon it his undivided and fullest efforts. Not so Roman Law. It was sufficient to engage the services for a few hours a week of a gentleman whose time ought to have been considered fully occupied. Anything more expensive would have been a downright waste of college funds...
...moribund condition of the association seems to have been chiefly due to the lethargy of last year's administration; and with the election of the present board of officers, the association seemed to take a new lease of life, and the evil day of dissolution was averted, for a time at least. The fact then came to light that of last year's Freshmen only thirty had become members; and these last really did not seem to enjoy any privileges from which the rest of the class were debarred...
...what the tribulations of a curator must be; but it really seems as if a little more system might be shown with the newspapers and magazines; and it certainly cannot improve the standing of the Reading-Room with the authorities to have the gas burn till various points of time between 10 P. M. and midnight, then to be extinguished by a private individual, while the door remains unfastened through the night...