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...long poem sounding the praises of the great Scotchman, This poem had an influence later on Burns and Scott. About the same time came Andrew Winton who wrote the "Chronicles of Scotland." Winton had no marked literary gift and his work is not any great. It has, however, certain interest for the antiquarian...
...prison he made a great study of Chaucer and wrote a great deal in imitation of him. His work is full of tenderness and affection and shows his love of nature and his reverence for good. Two humorous poems are ascribed to him but it is not at all certain that he wrote them. Robert Henryson, contemporary with James I, was the first ballad writer...
...midyears. Captain Frothingham and Keefe will take charge of these new men and linally of the whole 'varsity squad, which will use the Carey cage while the Freshmen take the one in the gymnasium. All of last year's team are back again this year but it is not certain that they all will play...
...special car. The itineraries provided by the Pennsylvania Railroad were given out, several to each man, just before eleven and at each stop as far as Springfield the men crowded about the mail boxes to send word to their relatives and friends where they would be on certain days. By the way, it was surprisingly noticeable throughout the thirteen days that no man was half a man who could not find at least two cousins in each city...
Beginning with 1894 the entrance examinations at Yale are to include papers on certain pieces of English literature selected as well for their attractiveness to students as for their intrinsic importance...