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...from going to sleep. And the dread was fully justified by the examination when it came: "In a certain case, what is the defence advocated by Reid and Stewart, and what are Hamilton's objections to it, - explaining, also, his defence?" "Give in full the rules of the P. R." Six questions like these were certainly enough for one hour. Happy he who could draw, who understood perspective and foreshortening! I tried diagrammatic representations, and got the ring and appointments complete, but the arms and legs of the fighters were inextricably mixed. Which was hitting, and which was hit, nobody...
...BOSTON. R. IB. P.O. A. HARVARD. R.IB...
...Richard B. Kimball (who is he?) vouch for the authenticity of this work, in the Preface which accompanies it, we should be inclined to doubt the truth of this description of West-Indian life, as well as the reality of the Settler. But whether Mr. R. B. K. and the Settler are one and the same person, or merely intimate friends, and whether the Settler ever settled in Santo Domingo or not, are unimportant questions, since the book is at all events an entertaining...
...R. H. Dana, Harvard; H. A. Oakes, Yale; E. M. Hartwell, Amherst; E. P. Alexander, Massachusetts Agricultural; John Gunster, Williams; F. A. Waterhouse, Bowdoin; G. B. Underhill, Trinity; A. D. McClellan, Brown; H. H. Coston, Wesleyan; F. A. Thayer, Dartmouth; G. M. Spear, Columbia; J. B. Edgerly, Cornell; Josh Ward (proposed, but rejected), Williams...
After the company had honestly disposed of an excellent bill of fare, ordered according to the best principles of gastronomy, and diluted by the fragrant vintages of Mr. Parker's cellars, the President of the evening, Mr. F. R. Appleton, succeeded in reducing it to a reasonable state of order, and in a few well-chosen words introduced the literary performances of the occasion. The remarks of the orator, Mr. T. F. Taylor, were beyond praise in their admirable fitness and truth of sentiment, and the warmth of appreciation which greeted them was more than deserved. The Vice-President...