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FROM A LADY'S DIARY, 1776. - Patches at the corner of the eye, passionnee; in the centre of the forehead, majestueuse; on the corner of the mouth, baiseuse; in the middle of the cheek, galante; on the dimple, enjouee; on the nose, effrontee; and on the lips, coquette...
...troops marched on through Milk Street, by the old Davenport tavern, at the corner of North Avenue and Beech Street, and so out of Cambridge. There is a "fine, old, crusted story" to the effect that, on the road, some of the officers met a countryman sowing grain. "Ho, fellow! " says one of the officers, "you may sow, but we shall reap!" "Wa'al," replied the native, "p'raps you will; I'm sowing hemp...
...greatly at the prospect of having these increased advantages placed within our reach is not to say enough. We are constantly reminded by our surroundings that there is nothing about which we are more in need of education than matters of art. "There is not a building, nor a corner of a building," said Mr. Norton not long ago, "with which a Harvard man can have any pleasant associations from beauty of architecture." But this is not all, nor is it what is most to our discredit...
...receive the four kreutzers in return. After a goodly number of visits to the vat the party begin to indulge in loud singing and talking, much to your amusement if you happen to be a spectator. In their society meetings a large keg of beer is placed in one corner, several large wooden mugs (holding about a gallon) are placed on the centre of the table. The ice is broken by the President, who makes a short speech, proposes a toast, and then attacks one of the mugs. Each one in turn drinks round till these are emptied, when, substituting...
AFTER suffering in silence from the cold at prayers for two days, we instructed our reporters to ascertain exactly how cold it was; and accordingly, on Wednesday, two of them gave us the following results. One of them, in a comparatively secluded corner, found his thermometer had fallen to 42, and as yet showed no intention of remaining fixed; the other, in a more exposed situation, yet not more exposed than that occupied by most of the two upper classes, recorded a temperature of 36. Under such circumstances as these, we should like to ask those of our government...