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...circumstances we have already touched upon, is almost always accompanied by corresponding breadth; but it is not unlikely - judging from experience - that a style of conversation remarkable rather for its ingenious oaths and delicate doubles ententes than for its "yea and nay" simplicity, will betoken a decided, though perhaps gradual, change in his inner life...
...though the evening at her side...
WERE the many queer things which have been left as transmittenda in the various rooms the College brought together, they would form an interesting and a motley group. Though perhaps they could not be arranged artistically, yet the ideas suggested by a look at the individual objects would be strangely contrasted...
...spectacles with various names upon it, and which formerly did service perhaps as a sign. A map of the world, completely covered with names on its back, tells us this transmittendum has seen service. For variety, a snake-skin from a corner room in Hollis will answer the purpose; though why this should be a pleasing object of contemplation is a mystery. Add now a pair of clasped hands with names neatly carved on them; this is the subject of an annual presentation to the happy occupant of a corner room in the ground-floor of Hollis. The last item...
...Though transmittenda may be intrinsically of little value, yet the associations connected with them make the possessor of one prize it highly. With what interest in my Freshman year did I sound the sheathing in my room to ascertain the possibility of one being secreted behind it; how expectantly did I wait for the unceremonious entrance of one through my window. Many students have grown to consider them as their Penates, and look with disgust upon the destroying hands of the Goths and Vandals, namely, the College Carpenter, and a dealer in second-hand goods, who never leaves anything...