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...reporter insisted that he had no such purpose, but as this was his first interview, and as all the other newspapers had asked the same question, he thought it was only the correct thing. This pacified the poet, and he said that AEstheticism is the cultivation of the AEsthetic, adding, "I trust this is clear...
...effect that the authorities, fearing that a large body of men would leave the hall on account of the increased rates, had placed a much lower price on the bulletin board than the actual one; and that the bursar, when making out his term bills, charged the correct price, five dollars per week, which ought to have been posted. As this rumor, if true, would tend to give the impression that an attempt had been made to mislead the members of the association, we give the following facts obtained on the authority of the auditor, the steward and from other...
...M.FOR the benefit of their eight subscribers, we correct the following Aberrations: A model proposal should have been A modest proposal; with should have been with; jittle should have been little; the editorial article on Josiah Quincy should have been written eight months ago, since the name has been on the statue since last spring; to who should have been to whom; the "Proctors' Table Talk" should have been freed of a few vulgarities; and the "Proposal," whether "Model" or "Modest," should not have been accepted...
...sensation of relief and anxiety. To be sure, I had looked over a large number of stuffs, gorgeous, "prononce," "tony," and commonplace, with fair success. I flattered myself that my selection - influenced, I will confess, by the judicious taste of the salesman - would be approved by my friends as correct and even "tough," though not too marked. But nevertheless, while colors, shades, mixed goods, plain goods, and Scotch goods were dismissed from mind, there still remained the question of the cut, which I had promised to settle at some future time. A man's clothes at Harvard are somewhat like...
...printed book of convenient size, lies before us. Notwithstanding the fact that in the preface the compiler modestly urges his own inexperience as an excuse for possible shortcomings, we must aver that the compilation is fully up to the standard of previous years. The information given appears to be correct, so far as a hasty examination permits us to judge. That a few typographical errors should exist is inevitable, humanly speaking. But the editing, on the whole, is careful and judicious, and we trust that we may have the pleasure of welcoming next year another Index from the same hands...