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...given in the 20 lectures. 2. Jebb's Primer of Greek Literature, pp. 1 - 136, with alternative questions on the books suggested for outside reading. 3. Either - A: Couttwell's History of Roman Literature, Book I., cc I. - IV., VII., IX., pp. 37 - 98, and X.; Book 2, Part 1, cc I. - IV., V., pp. 319 - 330, Part 2, cc II., III., V.; Book III., cc pp. 341 - 345, II., IV., pp. 352 - 358, V., 401 - 410, Vi., 430 - 434, and VII., 438 - 442, 449 - 455; or - B: Schindz's History of Latin Literature, Sections...
...college yesterday received the news of the death of Mr. Longfellow with the profoundest grief. Although the event was not altogether unexpected, yet it came with a suddenness that was a shock to many, as indeed all death must be. "Mr. Longfellow's connection with Harvard is part of his fame and that of the college," Mr. Howells says in his sketch of Longfellow, and any account of his life "can but very briefly remind the reader of facts in the life of a poet only less known than Shakespere." It is not for us to speak of his fame...
...upper rooms are for the most part left free; yet I have seen attic windows so strongly barred that escape was impossible. They looked onto the roof, and no doubt they had been thus blocked up in order to keep the undergraduates from passing from one set of chambers to another. Even where there are no bars, there is some danger from mere height, coupled with the absence of a second staircase. In my Oxford days I lodged in the first story, counting the ground-floor as one. Just beneath me, a man lived who one evening begged...
...occasion. I pray you spare no pains. Do your best, and you will do well enough. I earnestly remind you of the necessity of acting with great caution in regard to all festivities. You remember what I said to you on that head, and I pray you forget no part of it." - [Scholastic...
...would seem as if enough had been said on this subject already to effect a reform, but the generous advice seems to have made so little impression on the "janitorial" authorities of that building that we can hardly conceive of more insane stupidity on their part or more wilful inattention to the desires of the frequenters of the reading-room...