Word: myriads
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...consequence the scattering of such papers in direction leaves the neighborhood in a very untidy condition. Such nuisances as circular distributors are not allowed to come into the yard, we believe. Why should they not likewise be kept from the vicinity of Memorial, where the scattering of myriad bits of paper in and outside of the transept produces an effect so untidy? Let Cambridge tradesmen confine their efforts to obtain customers to some more agreeable method and they will doubtless find that the patronage of the students will not diminish from the want of hand bill fare...
...fragrant white blossoms which were strewn so thick that they quite hid the grass. This circle I fortified by the usual signs employed, as Benvenuto Cellini tells us, in the conjuration of evil spirits. I then proceeded to utter one of the common forms of exorcism. Instantly the myriad houris assumed the forms of irritated demons; the smoke from the uncounted narghiles burned thick and black; the cries of the frustrated ginns who were no better than they should be rang wildly in our ears; the palm tree shook beneath a mighty wind; the distant summits of the minarets rocked...