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...glancing over the roll). Mr-er-er Handy (looking up), is he here? (Handy elongates himself.) Ah, Mr. H., I 'm glad to see you, sir, glad to see you. (H. blushes.) Well, Mr. H., do you - By the way, Mr. H., how you 've grown! (H. gets nervous.) Yes, Mr. H., you look decidedly, very much better. (H. shakes all over.) Why, indeed, Mr. H., you are une parfaite grandisement. Ain't that so, Mr. H.? (H. says that's not in the lesson.) Ah, yes, Mr. H., that's true, all very true. Well, to come...
...very queer one, and few people get out of it alive. If you talk philosophically, she will call it nonsense; if you talk romance, will listen with impatience; if love, with a sad yet knowing smile, say she has no time to talk, and begin diligently to roll up innumerable yards of ribbon that seem left under her rampart, the counter, for this very purpose. You may rarely take her off her guard, and she seems the same "yesterday, to-day," - but all of a sudden she is gone. You miss her again, - she is dead...
...beautiful river on another side. Neither was it for lack of manliness in our men. The University was "represented" in almost every great battle of the Rebellion, from Bull Run to Petersburg, having sent to the field a larger number, in proportion to its total roll, than any other New England college. But the fact is, that neither the character of our community nor the traditions of the college are such as to encourage sporting habits. A large proportion of our students - large enough to determine the prevailing tone of the institution - are sons of farmers, - frugal, industrious fellows...
...death of James Jackson Cabot his classmates have to mourn, not only for one whose amiable qualities endeared him to all who knew him, but also for the loss of a name which ability and industry seemed to have marked out for a high place on their roll of honor. Having early chosen medicine as the work of his life, he had thoroughly devoted himself to it, making all his studies tend to that end. He had a mind extremely quick to receive and originate ideas, an untiring industry, a ready and decided judgment; his progress, therefore, in this...
...stroke. The feather, though itself not giving speed to the boat, is yet one of the most important parts of the stroke; for not only is a bad feather likely to retard the boat and waste strength by catching the oar in the water and making the boat roll, but it positively prevents the proper shoot out of the hands on the beginning of the recover, and causes a pause followed by an uneven, bucketing rush, instead of a steady swing forward, which alone can insure perfect uniformity of time and prepare for a dashing stroke...