Word: brassing
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...which asset my mind about this Venie. Isaac tells me her neck and bust have been jollified by thousands; think of it, Mr. Brimstone, inflect how improper of that girl to be seen in such an informal, decolleti way! How lacking in maidenly preserve she must be! What a brass face the girl must have! The carmine glow profuses my hectic cheeks as I think of it; and then for Isaac not to be ashamed of such coyness! Really, Mr. Brimstone, I'll double my conscription, if you will seek out my Isaac, my stray calf, my angel...
After long and patient waiting, the soul-stirring strains of a Bach fugue, interspersed with variations from Haydn's Third Symphony, were heard, and presently the only, the inimitable brass band hove in sight, the bras being loaned, for this occasion only, by the Echo Board...
...young medical student suggested that a charge of dynamite would perhaps do the work. By this means the cocoa-nut was successfully cracked, and a small cavity, no larger than a tennis-ball, was laid open. The matter therein examined was viscous, sprinkled with a fine metallic dust resembling brass. One of the surgeons, a clever psychologist, thought that undue conceit had caused the viscosity of the brain tissues. Another attributed the contraction of the cerebral cavity to the course of study pursued by the Senior. A third, with a powerful microscope, found a small particle of knowledge acquired before...
...thirty thousand volumes that appear every year, the oddest and queerest is the Examination Book, - that book in which the student exhibits his little penny-whistle, and tries to persuade the instructor that it is a full brass band...
...particular in little things; do not throw off your collar because you are warm, nor take off your collar because it has begun to melt. Such small points are too apt to be laughed at at Neophogen as over-refinements. Be careful, yet simple in your dress. A brass collar-button is better than a scarlet necktie. Do not lounge with the men at one end of the room, and never fail to go and talk with the girls when the President asks you. Your knowledge of the world will make you a favorite...