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...turned and looked out of the window...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AT THE WINDOW. | 4/4/1873 | See Source »

...give up the habit. It is, no doubt, conducive to harmony and strict time to be interrupted by a well-meant but misplaced war-whoop; but the members of the Parietal Committee prefer to take their music straight. In short, the singing in the Yard must stop, unless the window-critics can refrain from their customary vociferous applause. The habit is boyish enough, at best, and can be relinquished without much trouble. Under the circumstances, we trust that we have heard the last...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/4/1873 | See Source »

...window-curtains, but instead...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SCHOOLMISTRESS. | 3/21/1873 | See Source »

...chum has gone down to get some lumber to board up our keyhole. These Hollis keyholes are about the size of a window...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A LETTER. | 2/21/1873 | See Source »

...strange but authentic stories told of his midnight appearances at ill-fated rooms? Have we not watched for him on long and wearisome nights, when - to our relief - he did not attempt to rob us of our coal? His whereabouts are uncertain. Once he entered - through a window - the lower floor of Grays. Once he hid - must it be confessed that he instinctively chose a place of security? - in a Holyoke bath...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A COLLEGE CHARACTER. | 1/28/1873 | See Source »

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