Word: motto
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Clyde" will be given to-morrow afternoon for the last time. This evening, "A Fool and his Money" and "The Spark" are revived, forming an attractive bill. Saturday evening, Miss Annie Clarke takes a benefit as Lady Gay Spanker, in "London Assurance," and next Monday, "The Duke's Motto" will be produced...
Bouffe becomes glorified, when played by such artists; the objectionable element is by no means prominent; glissez et n'appuyez pas is the motto of this troupe; nor is there a shade of the vulgarity and imbecility which Mrs. Oates and kindred "artists" offer us. It is much to be regretted that the houses have been small and unappreciative. To-night, M. Capoul sings Wilhelm in "Mignon," - a part which he created at the Opera-Comique. At to-morrow's matinee, the whole company appear in "La Grande Duchesse," and in the evening, Mlle. Angele takes a benefit...
...having but one triplet window instead of three. Immediately above it will be the largest panel in the building, made of carved brick, with a central piece containing the College coat-of-arms, which consists of a right-angled barred shield, bearing three open books and the motto "Veritas" on the face. The roof of the building will be plain, broken only by dormer windows, two on each side, and one at each end, with but a slight projection. These windows are all quadruple, four in each group. Two large chimneys at each end will rise through the building, arching...
...lied to the Faculty right and left, and did n't get caught and suspended until the end of the year. No, indeed; George's motto was: Never tell a lie - where there is a probability of being found out. Strange to say, George did not pass all his time in love-making. In the books love-making seems to be the chief occupation of a student. It was strange, but still it was true, that George thought girls almost as bad bores as examinations...
...therefore is classed as amateur until he enters the professional ranks. That it would be a bitter pill for an English crew, composed possibly of English blue blood, to be defeated by a crew of horny-fisted American carpenters, every one must see; still, as the English sporting motto is supposed to be "Let the best man win," it would seem that our transatlantic cousins might suppress their aristocratic pride in the interest of "fair play," of which we hear so much, but see so little...