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...French or German...
...bachelor's room is always a mirror of his character,' said a literary-looking young lady. 'Behold this filthy pipe, - he is a smoker; observe those German favors, - he is a society man; witness the publicity of these certificates of society membership, - he is conceited...
...during the mid-years, and the night of the German. My heart was set on attending, but conscience would give me no peace, filling my thoughts with the next day's examinations. Hence there arose that time-honored wrangle 'twixt Duty and Inclination, in which Duty was driven from the field, for Miss Ravissante had firmly convinced me, in the irresistible logic of beauty and artful superlatives, that I was nothing less than indispensable to her enjoyment of the evening, and thus, you know, my going was really a deed of mercy...
OSCAR FAULHABER, Ph. D., has announced by circular a summer course of six weeks in the pronunciation and idiomatic use of the French and German languages. The course is to be given in the building of the Robinson Female Seminary, at Exeter, N. H., and it will doubtless be both pleasing and profitable...
...French or German...