Word: ancient
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...been decided to have an orchestral accompaniment, introducing string-pieces at least. This is, of course, a departure from the ancient usage; for the flute and the cythara were the only instruments used by the Greeks...
...spake that ancient swell...
...Smith, '80, for a dissertation on "The Career of Garibaldi," a prize of $75; A. Jaretzki, '81, for a dissertation on "Greek Learning in Italy in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries," a prize of $75; J. A. Johnson, '81, for a dissertation 'on "The Progress of Knowledge concerning Ancient Egypt in the last Twenty Years," a prize of $50. The award for Classes III. and IV. is not yet made...
...Boston called the modern Athens ? From its resemblance (geographically) to the ancient city of that name...