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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...themselves and their comrades by various feats of agility of which the pump is the prime motor. It is useless for the faculty to attempt to rejuvenate the sickly sward while it is the camping ground of muckerism. Never has the college been so troubled by this form of torment, and never has the condition of the yard been so deplorable. It is needless to draw conclusions, they are self-evident...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/26/1885 | See Source »

...least pain. Indeed, so painless are his methods that the death of an animal so killed is much pleasanter than that of the animal exposed to the vicissitudes of nature. In the natural state the weak are exposed to the attacks of the strong, and often are subjected to torment and mutilation before being put to death...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DIVINITY HALL LECTURE. | 4/11/1884 | See Source »

Thou art of my life the one torment and course...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CHAPERON. | 3/25/1881 | See Source »

Those meaner doubts that me torment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PROBABILITIES FOR NEW ENGLAND. | 2/20/1880 | See Source »

...Fear not," quoth he. "You had this torment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE COLLEGE COMEDY. | 2/6/1880 | See Source »

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