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...replied the ghost with a groan, - "he did; this is the rope and I am the bell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "ALAS! POOR GHOST." | 5/19/1876 | See Source »

...philosophers I have been so laboriously mastering (?) for the last three years, whether it is Noah Porter or Descartes, whether among my friends or in the "causeries de has bleus" which I attend, I am immediately confronted with the bete noir of Herbert Spencer. Like Banquo's ghost it will not down, but still provokes me with its taunting mystery...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHAT THE UNIVERSITY NEEDS. | 5/5/1876 | See Source »

...illustrate the doctrine of indifference, the writer failed to see the very weakest spot in his position. A boating meeting in the University may not be attended; but visit the true scenes of activity at the boat-house, the gymnasium, and Jarvis, and, as if to lay the ghost that troubles our author, the College rubs its sleepy eyes, stirs its sluggish blood, and sends eleven men to kick all Canada into the ocean. If enthusiasm is to be judged by the projects started, the Athletic Association and the new club system will both serve to point a significant moral...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE REVIEWER REVIEWED. | 10/29/1875 | See Source »

...twines its writhing, ghost-like arms of foam...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROMSDAL, - 1874. | 5/21/1875 | See Source »

...raises up its ghost-like arms of foam...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROMSDAL, - 1874. | 5/21/1875 | See Source »

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