Word: solidity
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Last of all, the style of Oberon lies, if anything, nearer that of the solid works in German which professional students expect to consult, than the style of classical dramas does...
...aesthetes declare that Hamlet said: "O that this too-too solid flesh would melt...
...gratifying to note that in the last issue of the Elective Pamphlet the number of one-hour electives has been somewhat diminished. It is undoubtedly true that the general dissatisfaction with such courses, prevalent among both students and instructors, is well founded, and furnishes solid reason for the abolishment of these electives...
Heretofore, the challenging party has never raised any valid objection to the course named by the party challenged. This year Harvard had solid grounds for refusing to row at New London, and having put herself on record by making the same objections when she was victorious, she considered that she had the right to decline to go to New London...
...with greater comforts. If the steamer landed at Havre, a tour through Normandy and Brittany could be made with no railway expense at all. Even if some of the poorer students feel that they cannot afford $250, let them bear in mind that $250 enables a great deal of solid comfort, and that a second-cabin passage, - which to a good sailor is comfortable enough, - with extra care of the pennies on shore, may bring the cost of the whole trip down to less than $200. Then there are the increased facilities for getting good clothes cheap, and by this...