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...from nervousness, and appeared completely dazed all through the bout, which was awarded to Heilbron. The second bout, between G. H. Turner, '84, and G. H. Spalding, '82, proved very exciting, Turner, however, losing the favor of the audience by taking advantage several times of having his opponent's head in chancery. Although Spalding sparred most pluckily, Turner was declared the winner. The final bout of the fencing followed, Leavitt, the winner of the previous bout, being defeated by S. H. Ordway, L. S., with a score of 9 points to 2. The next event, the final bout...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 3/25/1881 | See Source »

...instructors are very meagre; and yet a man with little experience finds employment here at a salary amounting in all to $1,500 or $1,800; and that, too, by spending not more than four or five hours a day in the Yard, contrary to the rules under the head of INFORMATION FOR JANITORS...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "PENNY WISE AND POUND FOOLISH." | 3/25/1881 | See Source »

...truth, you've quite driven me out of my head...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CHAPERON. | 3/25/1881 | See Source »

...appeared tempting in the soft sunlight; her hands were of a delicately shaded nut-brown tint; and, as for her figure, it was divine. Withal she was of a poetic bent, and had often written verses for the Watchman. Eighteen summers and as many winters had passed over her head. But enough of this...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TOOTSY SWIDGER'S VISIT TO CAMBRIDGE. | 3/25/1881 | See Source »

These iron knobs behind my head...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 3/11/1881 | See Source »