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Word: yap (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1873-1873
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...other single branch of study: hence they would institute the elective course. Absurd. They cannot have read Walker, who would teach the pedlers and peasants Latin and Greek; or Stuart and Jones, whose arguments will convince any man that there is more discipline in the study of the particle yap than of all the Mathematics in existence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A PLEA FOR THE CLASSICS. | 5/2/1873 | See Source »

...seen in the anatomical dissection spoken of. But are we so in want of instruction in the beauty of expression of the old writers? Methinks I remember a classical course in my Freshman year, where it was considered that the "happy rendering of this" and the "humorous use of yap here" were quite sufficiently dwelt upon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AN ANSWER. | 3/7/1873 | See Source »

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