Word: aux
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...enormous undertaking of spanning the English Channel by a bridge is under consideration in France, and plans have been drawn. The proposed structure will connect Cran-aux-Oeufs with Folkestone, a distance of twenty-two miles. The estimated cost is $200,000,000, and the time required for construction seven years...
...Homage aux Dames, Waldteufel Banjo Club...
...towards Great Britain," by Rufus Choate. J. W. Richardson, '86, "Treason of Slavery," by Carl Schurz. D. Kelleher, "The Wreck of the Hesperus," by H. W. Longfellow. I. Dickerman, '86, "Sectional Services in the late War," by Caleb Cushing. E. Stevens, '86, "White Murder Trial," by Webster. T. Rogers, "Aux Haliens," by Owen Meredith. Mr. H. D. Jones, "Dr. Marigold," by Dickens. After the last selection, which was a reading, Mr. Jones was warmly applauded, and was induced to respond with a short humorous recitation...
...small woodland scene particularly noticeable for its originality of execution. A real dark green Daubigny, much coveted by connoisseurs, attracts much attention. Hamon, lately deceased, better known in America by engravings of his works, is represented in an idyllic subject, called "L'Amour et les Deux Jeunes Filles aux Bains." Ziem and Frere, the painters of Oriental scenes, have some good work. Desgoffe, foremost among the Parisian still life painters, is seen in a delicate piece of detail, a pot of azaleas, with a background of rich and elegant draperies. Lastly, an Angel, in whose face the soft lines...
...Will they wander aimlessly through the yard with woe-begone expressions, clad in a gauze of glowing supremity and a hot-house poppy? The future alone can decide. But whatever may come, may we never see the day when the Memorial menu presents to the famished student "sunflower saute aux champignons," "poppy frite aux petits pois," "lily a la maitre d'hotel." AEsthetic costumes may be adopted at Harvard, but the divine flame can never be fed by dishes whose chief virtue is ethereality...