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...Halloo!" said I, "where did you get all these ashes on your hat and coat, and what in the name of all that's good makes your hands so black...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A TENDER STORY. | 12/7/1877 | See Source »

...Then how is it that you 've got your hat now? " There was a suspicious twinkle in his eye as he answered." All in good time, my dear fellow. I'll explain that to your satisfaction by and by - If we go on this way we shall get to hair-splitting, which is unprofitable, you know. Don't ask irrelevant and awkward questions, but let me go on with my story. Where was I ? O yes. Well, I pulled out a handkerchief, and with both hands dusted the sparklets from my face and shoulders. At last, thank Heaven, they shut...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A TENDER STORY. | 12/7/1877 | See Source »

...character worth having, but at the same time I am convinced that to speak one's opinion effectively requires a degree of tact as well as determination that few possess. It is not eccentricity which is a matter of reproach at Harvard; it is the lack of manners and good sense...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CONCEIT vs. CUSTOM. | 12/7/1877 | See Source »

...boating challenge to Harvard is still unanswered. From the Crimson's account of the meeting of the Harvard Boat-Club we gather that the feeling at Harvard is that last summer "the first race was good discipline for the second," and that "the Yale race should be kept independent of all others." Some may be inclined to resent these expressions as showing a spirit of loftiness and condescension on Harvard's part. We trust, however, that no such feeling will arise. It is natural and right that Harvard should particularly wish to defeat Yale, and that she should make other...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 11/23/1877 | See Source »

...richer far my own Good Name...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THREE SHIPS. | 11/23/1877 | See Source »