Word: get
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...friends, for, as he often remarked, he was a sensitive man. Even his creditors were grieved at his sudden departure. One of them, a very rough, profane man, whom you would never have suspected of tender sensibilities, is reported to have said that he would just like to get hold of old Sprucewell, Paradise receive him! Only he said something entirely different from Paradise: it was his bluff, honest way. But I wander a little from the purpose of this simple tale...
...great deal from the College at large, but we think that rather than incur the great additional expense of a yearly trip north, they had better be deprived of the pleasant journey; and, if they must play return games, have them arranged with Yale and Princeton, where we can get some of our money's worth by seeing the game rather than hearing of it. However, there is no necessity of return games either with Yale or Britannia, and if we play the Canadian Teams in Montreal one year, and in Boston the next, the expense incurred to play...
...first year, his rowing in the class races will show it as well as six weeks' more work would; even if it did not, no man ought to be put into the 'Varsity much later than the class races, as it would take some time for him to get in with the 'Varsity men's work. Last year, after the class races, the Captain of the 'Varsity wished two of the '83 crew to leave their boat and row as substitutes on the 'Varsity. The Captain of the Freshmen naturally enough objected to having his crew broken up; and thus...
...gentlemen who have undertaken the actors' parts met at Professor White's house, yesterday evening, for a preliminary reading, in order to get the pronunciation in good form, before beginning to commit their parts. Hereafter they are expected to learn a definite number of lines each day, until they know their parts...
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