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...Terence they are far more subtle and difficult to perceive. In their comedies the scenes are usually laid in Greece, the costumes and money Grecian, but the oaths are always Roman. Plautus's experience as a trader accounts for his knowledge of a seaman's life. "Whoever wants a peck of trouble," he says, "let him get himself a wife and a boat; these two will be enough." Plautus concerned himself little about his relations with Greek originals. He cared only to amuse his audiences, and chose the plots which were easiest to transpose...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Latin Poet and His Greek Model. | 4/11/1895 | See Source »

...Peck. King's Gambit. Peck...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Simultaneous Chess. | 4/10/1895 | See Source »

...Hollis Hall baseball team has been organized and is ready to meet other dormitory nines. A. C. Dearborn Gr. has been elected captain and J. W. Peck '96 manager...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/8/1895 | See Source »

...Peck, French, Hill...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Simultaneous Chess. | 4/3/1895 | See Source »

...Riker 2nd '96, H. A. Curtis '96, W. K. Brice '95, W. Ames '95, E. M. Hurley '96, A. K. Moe '97, H. Schurz '97, E. F. Champney '96, W. McKittrick '96, S. P. West '97, S. E. Johnson '95, A. C. Quinby L. S., J. W. Peck '96, L. W. Mott '96, P. S. Straus...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mr. H. Beerbohm Tree's Lecture. | 3/27/1895 | See Source »

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