Word: five
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Saxon character of his phraseology he forcibly reminds us of our own humorist, Petroleum V. Nasby, and, in fact, a more elaborate parallel might be drawn between the letters of the Confederate postmaster and this ostensible attack on innate ideas. But, not to make the analogy cruelly walk on five legs, it is enough to say that in his feuilleton Locke has adopted the plain unvarnished language of his prototype. But we must not be misled by the apparent openness of his style. While clear as a spring he is deep as the ocean, and we must read and reread...
THAT there are inconveniences attending the drinking of cocoa by a club of five hundred students is attested by the fact that the first evening it was served in Memorial Hall some eighteen table-cloths were seriously stained...
...Foot ball Eleven, while in Montreal, were, through the courtesy of the McGill Club, witnesses of many pleasing sights. Among these, none was more interesting than the fox-hunt at Verdun, a place five miles distant from the city, and just above the Lachine Rapids. All preparations had been made the previous evening, and Saturday morning found us on our way to the place appointed for the meeting. The ride along the bank of the St. Lawrence was very delightful, and we reached the Manor-house in time to form in the line of carriages starting for the woods...
...sight of four or five hundred intelligent young gentlemen seated at table, and calmly discussing roast-beef and the leading topics of the day, is pleasing in itself. The architectural glories of the newly opened edifice double the charm, while the more or less cracked and clouded visages of our white-wigged ancestors lend the dignity of antiquity to the scene. The architect has kindly provided the public at large with a most desirable stand-point for regarding this spectacle. The number of respectable hats and bonnets which appear in the gallery as dinner-time approaches bears witness...
...About seventy-five cents...