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Word: ancient (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...immediately attracted to the new illustrations by Mr. Attwood. These illustrations are indeed capital; the most humorous and the most skilfully drawn that Mr. Attwood has yet done. The union in the dress of the "Little Tin Gods," of the modern full-dress costume with that of an ancient Greek swell, is a most clever adaptation of the cartoons to the spirit of the "tragedies." And in the attitudes of the "Little Tin Gods," and especially in the bored and supercilious expression in their faces, Mr. Attwood has left little wanting that might give a perfect representation of the typical...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOOK NOTICES. | 6/13/1879 | See Source »

...more sled remains at the top of the hill, a battered old hulk, handed down from time immemorial; inscribed on it in faded letters is, "Long live the ancient customs!" A gray-haired, venerable-looking person sits on it, and looks round for some friend to give him a shove. But the rest are gone, and, a kind impulse moving me, I rush out from behind the trees, saying, "I'll help you, thou guardian angel of the student." At the first word the sled and occupant vanish, I find myself alone, calmly resting in a snow-bank, my heels...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE COAST OF THE SEASON. | 2/21/1879 | See Source »

...October number of the Hamilton Lit. is too heavy, as usual. Here are the titles of some of the articles: "An Ancient and Modern Battle as Typical of the Old and the New Civilization," "Humanity in Poetry," "True Partisanship," "A Criticism on the Representative Orators of the American Bar." How long will it be before the average college student finds out that he cannot write much that is worth reading on such subjects? He evidently has not found...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 11/8/1878 | See Source »

GENERAL LISTER intends to give a lecture in a few months on "The Military Art in Ancient and Modern Times." In it he will give an account of many of his personal experiences...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 10/11/1878 | See Source »

Unshaken still those ancient arches mock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD. | 4/5/1878 | See Source »

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