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...being used, must be carefully extinguished," Another sheaf of garnered wisdom is instructively presented thus: "Great care must be taken not to let pins, pencils, or other small articles drop into the pianos." But right here this leads us to remark the strange oversight of the writers of these bright sayings. For instance, in this last the articles are limited to small ones; now stoves or coal-hods, or even axes, would certainly injure the tone of pianos into which they are dropped, the opinion of Cambridge firemen to the contrary, not withstanding. But the most singular characteristic of this...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOUR HUMOROUS WORKS. | 2/11/1876 | See Source »

...halo bright...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 1/28/1876 | See Source »

...fully prepared. Although he was in Cambridge but little over a year and a half, he was universally known and was universally liked. The death of any one at twenty-one years of age is always an unusually sad event, but the death of one so bright, so generous, so uniformly good-natured as Allen Post is particularly distressing. His funeral took place in New York on Thursday, 30th December, and was attended by a large number of relatives, friends, and classmates...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OBITUARY. | 1/14/1876 | See Source »

...seek the pleasures of the bright...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MEET OF THE WINDS. | 12/24/1875 | See Source »

Countless are the ripples bright...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RETROSPECTION. | 11/12/1875 | See Source »

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