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When Grandsir was n't very old, as you most likely know. He lived in Cambridge at the time, and, as he was n't rich, He did odd jobs about the town, for college boys and sich; He brought 'em drink and baccy, and he bought their cast-off clothes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GRANDSIR PEAVY. | 6/18/1875 | See Source »

Arrived in Sicily, the author grows worse and worse. Our space will allow us to correct but two misstatements. The first is that "facilities for transportation in Sicily are about three hundred years behind" those of any other civilized country. We personally know that the railway between Syracuse and Messina is fully as good as any in Southern Europe; while the Florio steamers which ply along the Sicilian coast are decidedly the best, as far as accommodation and table go, that we have found upon the Mediterranean. The other misstatement is that Sicilian hotels are so dirty that you cannot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 6/18/1875 | See Source »

...That he told her he loved her, I know very well...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 6/18/1875 | See Source »

...hardly deem it necessary to state to our lady readers, especially to those who know us, that we do not indorse the above sentiments referring to their insincerity, etc. We regard woman as the purest and most finished specimen of God's handiwork...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 6/4/1875 | See Source »

...conversation at the club where they talk metaphysics turned on the affections. Spake a Senior: "What do you know about love, Miss H.? Do you believe there is any such thing as love?" "O," says she, "you come around to my room some time, Mr. B., and we'll talk it over." - Michigan University Chronicle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 6/4/1875 | See Source »