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...then, she was so neat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WESTERN TELEGRAPHIC UNION. | 5/6/1881 | See Source »

...Superintendent, and notify the Superintendent of any thing about the building which needs his attention. He will keep the steps free from snow and ice. He will light the gas in the entries at dark. He will keep the rooms and all other parts of the building as neat and clean as in a well-kept private house...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "PENNY WISE AND POUND FOOLISH." | 3/25/1881 | See Source »

...first visited a very neat little piece [obscure, piece of what?] with whom I passed a delightful evening [very vague]; but towards the end of our chat I became painfully aware that I had not accomplished my object, so I turned the conversation from morning prayers to early marriages. My young friend seemed to think I was meditating something of the sort [what sort?] and to consider it a huge joke [why?], for she only called me a silly boy as she bade me a "touching" [ambiguous] good...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EXTRACTS FROM A REJECTED SOPHOMORE THEME. | 1/28/1881 | See Source »

...tied with pink ribbon, quite neat, but not gaudy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SPECTRE DEGREE. | 12/10/1880 | See Source »

...Paul's at first adopted white, as an emblem of purity, and it was subsequently decided to add black, in token of mourning over the depraved state of college morals. So the result is a neat thing in checkered black and white, which has the additional value that those of the society who are members of the Chess Club can amuse themselves with a quiet game on hat ribbons during the sermon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RIBBONS. | 5/21/1880 | See Source »

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