Word: pleasant
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...That pleasant country caller who you thought would never stir...
...three months that they have had oars in their hands, they pulled remarkably well. The boat first went down the river, then turned and passed the boat-house, and was greeted by a "three times three" from the crowd which had come down to see them. A very pleasant little attention to the men who had been working so diligently all winter...
...course it is only the less important features of the book that we have criticised. We doubt whether it will accomplish its apparent object of convincing unbelievers in co-education, who, by the by, must not be undeservedly confounded with unbelievers in equal education; but it will certainly furnish pleasant and light reading to anybody who takes it up; and we are happy to state that the author's English is far better than her French...
...German is elected by 253 students, only ten more than elect French, and there are eight courses in German to only five in French. It is certain, too, that if more French courses were offered, there would be a larger number of students in that branch. It would be pleasant to be able to take our choice of two parallel French courses, as in German, and very beneficial to have an historical course corresponding to German...
...Harvard graduates in Portland propose forming a Harvard Club. We hope that they will carry out this proposition, and that graduates in other cities will follow their example. Such clubs not only bring together present graduates in pleasant reunions, but they also furnish future Harvard men with a means of forming agreeable acquaintances and profitable connections in cities where otherwise they would be entire strangers. The bond between men of the same college is a lasting one, which grows stronger as years go by. Old graduates are interested in the younger men, and all alike watch over the welfare...