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Word: orthodox (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
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...common" room. This is hung with portraits of celebrated graduates of the college. Here the dons sit. as a rule, in the semi-circle in front of a cozy fire. To quite Mr. Winsors bright letter, "The propulsion of sherry, claret and port-these seem to be the orthodox wites of the after feast-gives a man something to do, in the gaps of conversation. With the fire place forming the link which connects the ends of the horse-shoe curve of sitters, there is a difficulty in the course of the viney propulsion. At some colleges I found they...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: English Universities in Winter. | 1/13/1891 | See Source »

...held to night in Sever 11. The speaker will be Rev. Brooke Herford, and his subject will be "Ministry." As pastor of the Arlington St. Unitarian church in Boston, Dr. Herford is well known to Harvard men as an earnest and eloquent preacher, and his views on this strictly orthodox subject cannot fail to interest the great body of students here...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: College Conference Meeting | 3/4/1890 | See Source »

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