Word: devils
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...decided to leave by the early train this morning for Smithfield Centre. I pardon your sins, my poor boy, and hope that when your vacation begins you will come to us at Smithfield Centre, that the good influence of Priscilla and myself may counteract the workings of the Devil...
...abhorred the theatre; for he had frequently heard his good pastor (who had never been inside one in his life, and so was a very competent judge) say that the Devil lurked behind the scenes. Percy had no desire to encounter that gentleman prematurely, and stayed away. Billiard-rooms and Carl's were anathema maranatha, and he refused to go to athletic meetings, because he had heard that the horrid sin of betting was prevalent at them. He frequently lectured his classmates on their immorality, and even wrote of their wickedness to the Herald. But, instead of being looked...
...devil incarnate was loose on the blast...
...straight to the Journal's devil flew...
...much of "A Trip to Brazil," too many "Personals," too many "Things Chronicled," and too many "Clippings." The University is a new paper from the University of Michigan, which promises to be good-natured, and leave to the rest of the college press the part of "playing the devil generally." We will wait and see. The Yale Record and Courant are both good representative college papers. They are full of news, and are interesting without being brilliant. They are inclined to be abusive, and abuse when not witty is unpardonable. We never approve of abuse; but when it is rich...