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...longer have that desire. If by any possibility I could come face to face with her, I should forego the pleasure; for I should certainly detect the mechanical apparatus of her existence. Detection would be death to her, and my conscience would then charge me with murder; for, though she is not life, Miss Ffrench is wonderfully life-like. - Vassar Miscellany...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EXCHANGES. | 3/11/1881 | See Source »

...called on C. to ask something about a library book. After he had done his errand, the old gentleman walked up to the window, and began to examine the fruit. 'Very fine pears,' he said, 'it is a variety rare about here, too.' 'They look first rate,' Doc. answered, 'though I've not tasted them yet.' 'You'll find them very good, I assure you,' Father Packard observed blandly, as he moved toward the door. 'Very good indeed. I took great pains with that graft! Good-day.' And poor C. never had a chance to explain that he wasn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 3/11/1881 | See Source »

...longer hard, though Bohny...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE TALE OF A PONY. | 2/25/1881 | See Source »

...windows in Memorial Hall are works of art, and are of great value, and, though we do not wish to disparage the highly moral nature of Cambridge people in general, we cannot forget that there is a mischievous and malicious spirit present in every community. Therefore we can consistently ask if the College acts wisely in not protecting the Memorial Hall windows by a wire screen of some sort? As they now stand, a stone from the hand of a "Port Mucker," or from that of an inebriated Freshman, might cause several hundred dollars' damage, and put the University...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WELL, NOT THIS EVENING. | 2/25/1881 | See Source »

...meeting was one of the most successful the Union has had. The question was: "Resolved, That co-education is desirable at Harvard." The regular disputants were, on the affirmative, Messrs. Firman and Mclnnes; and on the negative, Messrs. Thayer and Fuller. About a dozen members spoke from the House. Though the ballot on the merits of the question was two to one against co-education, the vote on the merits of the argument was three to one for it, although the negative was very ably argued...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WELL, NOT THIS EVENING. | 2/25/1881 | See Source »