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Word: forgiven (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1900-1909
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...popular belief that college ideals are higher than those of the great world outside, for they are less exposed to contact with its rougher aspects. So college journalism, which may be forgiven many mistakes in style and finish, should never be guilty of any least infringement on the laws of propriety. That any publication, issued at Harvard and circulated in the College, should go beyond the bounds which civilized society erects, is an offence not only to those now connected with the University, but also to all who have labored to build up its high standards...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: JOURNALISTIC PROPRIETY. | 12/3/1909 | See Source »

...turn him into a soldier. But the young man, who has wonderful dramatic genius, escapes from the army, deceives his family, deludes his grandfather, and by a clever trick takes his father's place on the stage of the Theatre Francais. After an outburst of fury, he is forgiven and awarded the hand of his cousin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CERCLE THEATRICALS FRIDAY | 12/7/1908 | See Source »

...butler tells many lies to clear himself. He again hides the hat, which, however, is found and brought to the mistress. This is repeated several times, the butler inventing new excuses on each occasion, until he becomes so involved that he is forced to confess, whereupon he is forgiven by the master

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Plots of Cercle Francais Plays | 10/19/1906 | See Source »

...illustrations, the centre page certainly catches the spirit of the occasion, containing as it does any amount of life and fire. The picture of Freshie at work on his German Comp., recalling painful recollections to most upper classmen, may still be forgiven for its fidelity to the truth. The incidental sketches of Historic Cambridge, as well as the calendar for November, are very effective. Of the editorials, the first, though obviously necessary, is not happily done. Toward the end, it rambles into ground where trespassers should be prosecuted. The second editorial, about the Crimson-Lampoon game, is far better, quite...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Lampoon. | 12/13/1901 | See Source »

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