Word: account
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...peoples, the important relations to the scientific study of the Old Testament, all make the Assyrian a source of unfailing interest. The Biblical student in particular would be pleased by the paper from Prof. Haupt, of Baltimore, determining the size of the boat in which, according to the Babylonian account, the hero of the deluge escaped destruction...
Professor Frothingham, of Princeton, on Mohammedan education, whose most perfect developement is seen in the eighth, ninth and tenth centuries of our era. This development was largely due to impulses from without. The range of study was comprehensive and instruction was free. Professor Hall, of New York, gave an account of a Syriac manuscript containing a new text of the Traditions of the Apostles, brief sketches of the works and death of the Seventy and of the Twelve...
...Stolen Visit to a Fishing Camp," Mr. Duncan has given a pleasing account of an Exeter escapade. The style is clear and straightforward, and the treatment good. The absence of a distinct head detracts, perhaps a little from the effectiveness of the tale; yet artistic touches here and there give a certain real charm to the story...
...account of an accident to the mails between New York and Boston Saturday night, the report of the Harvard-Princeton game by the foot-ball correspondent of the CRIMSON did not reach Cambridge in time for publication in Monday's paper. Although the report published was the best that could be had under the circumstances, there are many inaccurate statements made in it. It would be difficult to correct these sufficiently without giving another long detailed account of the game; which the editors think hardly worth while, as the subject is now four days old. But to correct the entirely...
...account of the uniformly bad weather the efforts of the Athletic Association to interest some of the new men in the hare and hounds runs have been discouraging. The interest is not nearly so active as was expected. But the bicycle club has been more successful in its runs, in which a fair number have participated. Weare '90 S., has charge of the men on their semi-weekly runs...