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Having inquired the time, and ascertained that it was ten minutes to eleven, he remarked that it would soon be over. After drinking a glass of ale he appeared strengthened, and, as the fatal moment was approaching, he devoted the remaining portion of his time to distributing among his friends those little articles which he would no longer want. To one he gave his cigar-case, to another his pipes and tobacco-pouch, and he charged his brother with his latch-key, with instructions to deliver it, after all was over, to his landlady...
...quoth the dame, "'tis a naughty place. Prithee turn back." But Lighthead, still with his burden on his back, went forward, and on the morning of the second day he reached a city duller than the grave. And Lighthead, somewhat weary, did partake of refreshment and the nut-brown ale; and asking of the carle who kept the inn, he learned that the place was hight Vanity Fair, and in it was Harvard...
...years. And the burden of books that was upon him grew lighter as he went on; and he sought for knowledge in other ways. And he became expert in shuffling bits of pasteboard, covered with red and black spots; and he could tell the difference between the nut-brown ale of Vanity Fair and the red wine of Macon; and he no longer journeyed afoot, but in the wagon of one Shark. And Lighthead struggled often up the hill Difficulty, bristling with unfavorable conditions, but he never reached its summit; for, ere he had passed four years with his chosen...
...charged with being immoral and having broken one of the College ordinances of the College. The facts are simply these: Last night F. had a convivial party in his room, and wishing to entertain them, he despatched me to a grocer on Brattle Street for a jug of ale. I was just mounting the steps of Holworthy with the beverage, when J., a monitor, espied me. Coming up, he asked me whom it was for. I would not tell him, whereupon he poured the ale out on the ground and broke the jug. Moreover, he reported me to the Faculty...
...will naturally see that you are one of the party; or better, - as I know you have a cat-boat of your own, - it would be a delicate compliment to invite some of them to go with you. In this case see that there is plenty of ginger-ale and soda on board, as these are capital remedies for sea-sickness, and will come in very well, no doubt. If two of your friends happen to get together and talk in an undertone about college matters, though you hear all they say, you must be apparently only minding the helm...