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...except in those cases - unfortunately too rare - where a student is willing to undertake the reading of considerable Latin by himself. It is hardly a course for those who wish to "keep up their Latin a little," or "who never could do anything with Latin prose, and want to learn...
...much strength into their stroke on one side as on the other, but we beg to suggest that experiments with the crew are exceedingly dangerous at this late day. One thing more. If the bow oar is to steer at Saratoga, it seems time that he should begin to learn this very important part of his duty...
...learn that about twenty packages of Peruvian antiquities for our Agassiz Museum of Natural History were received by steamer in New York last Tuesday...
...Englishman at first appeared incredulous; and, although he was willing to believe me when I repeated the assertion, he expressed considerable surprise. I did not have, he said, those characteristics by which he supposed that an American could be recognized. Somewhat curious to learn his notions upon the subject, I inquired what he considered the leading features of my countrymen...
...Hamilton Lit. both contain exceedingly sentimental articles upon this exceedingly sentimental person. The Virginia writer gives full play to his imagination, and describes with the vivid exactness of a Herald reporter the last dreadful scene in the sinking yacht off the Italian coast. It may gratify some moralists to learn that the "atheist" Shelley met his death in the midst of a prayer, with which was "coupled" the name of the "poor, dead Harriet," to whom he had proved so exemplary a spouse...