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...silence was broken by the appearance of a small row-boat containing two people. One was a young man dressed in a comfortable-looking yachting costume, very much browned, however, by exposure to a New Hampshire sun; the other was a young woman dressed in much the same manner, except so far as the distinguishing marks of female attire went, with a very jaunty and coquettish hat set atop of a cluster of very bewitching brown curls. He was rowing rather leisurely toward the little white beach - if such it may be called - that bordered the inlet whither they...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHAPTER III. | 5/6/1881 | See Source »

...when he had drawn the boat beyond the chance of its being carried off, they walked side by side up a little eminence that overlooked the lake, and then seated themselves beneath the trees, in a position that was both picturesque and pleasant; she leaning idly against a great brown trunk, he stretched upon the grass, leaning his head upon his hand. It was cooler here than anywhere else, and that was a point gained; besides, they could look...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHAPTER III. | 5/6/1881 | See Source »

...Harvard Union that Mr. Charles P. Parker is to give a lecture on "Student Life at Oxford," under its auspices. Opportunities for getting a glimpse of English University life are, to an American student, too rare not to be valued highly. Of course we have all read "Tom Brown;" but things must have altered considerably since that fascinating book was written, and we ought certainly to welcome eagerly a chance to exchange the impressions which it gave us for others more just to the present generation of Oxford men. Mr. Parker, himself a graduate of Oxford, is certainly in every...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/22/1881 | See Source »

...brown eyes see no more...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AT REST. | 4/5/1881 | See Source »

...more the brown curls kiss the dews...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AT REST. | 4/5/1881 | See Source »