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...future campaigns. In this case, at least, it must be apparent to all, excepting, possibly, the recipient himself, that the honor is conferred upon the office and not the man. It will indeed be a curious sight to see a man who has expressed a desire to hang all Harvard professors occupying a seat of honor upon the platform on commencement day, and we have no doubt but that many, both within and without the State, will find the spectacle highly entertaining...
They did not hang him, even...
...determined to make herself a martyr in the cause of antiquated gas-bags and dyspeptic hierophants. And many is the versified heart-throb she is obliged to listen to in her capacity of mother to all the intellectual neophytes whose only excitement is her weekly reception, where they hang upon the lips of Asphyxia and her friends and pay less attention to the "flow of soul" than to the material formations in corsets and crinoline. And many is the moody tit-bit dedicated to this young lady who fully appreciates the satisfactory character of a husband who has "struck...
...stiff towels hang on that most exasperatingly upsetable piece of furniture, the towel rack, with a large B worked on each. These towels absolutely refuse to absorb water, but have a pleasing accomplishment of standing up alone; the more pleasing, that it is neither required nor expected of a towel. There is always a fresh cake of soap in the soap-dish, and the stiffest and whitest of tidies on the chairs, the bureau, the wash-stand, and on every other piece of furniture in the room upon which a "tidy" can possibly be placed or pinned...
...their hearts' choice rather than for ambition's sake. Vaux lingered in England until her marriage with Prince Albert put an end to his wildest hopes, and then returned to his native land. Among his many gifts was a splendid voice; and the old ballad of "I'll Hang My Harp on a Willow Tree" was composed by him, she being the heroine of the plaint...