Word: mansion
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Reporter. Yes: very few have resided in this mansion; the College has been very careful about that; and that they should put you in here, is a testimonial, not only of their belief in your high abilities, but of their confidence in your health. Shall you attend prayers this coming year...
...experiences last year were almost as bad. When I was told that my mark in German was forty-nine, I looked somewhat aghast, for I had written a first-rate paper. The instructor, noticing my horror, kindly offered to explain, and took me with him to the tutorial mansion. I was astonished to see the library-table covered with mathematical instruments, for he did not teach mathematics; the explanation soon came. He first showed me six trifling errors in my book; then he drew a circle with a radius of six inches, inscribed an equilateral triangle, and multiplied half...
...HOUNDS OF HELL GATE, OR A MINE WITHIN A MINE. Chapter I. The great city is at rest. The organ-grinders have retired to their downy couch, and the busy hum of trade is still. All is silent. But bark! From yonder splendid mansion peal forth the strains of revelry and mirth. It is the birthday of the fair young heiress, Adelia De Bray. Within is the gay music of the dance, the whirling figures of ravishing beauties, and the sparkling wine. Amidst all the joyous mirth moves Adelia the admired of all admirers. Wearied with constant flattery, she seeks...
...every town has its castle or chateau, every river its famous bridge: but here relics of the past are fewer, and when met with deserve a visit. Modern progress seems hostile to their existence; the tower, rock, and tree of ancient renown are generally neglected; the old gateway and mansion often fall before the encroachments of a railway or a turnpike...
This raises a commotion in the family mansion, and the old gentleman, having put on his heaviest boots, we presume, goes "to bring the culprit home...