Word: bedded
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...some degree checked by the custom of hazing? If the Freshman felt inclined to turn his newly acquired liberty into license, was it not a wholesome reminder of his days of innocence, when the party of Sophomores visited him, made him read his Testament, and tucked him into bed? If his manly aspirations led him to drink bitter beer and the choking hot brandy-and-water, was it not as good for him as a temperance lecture to be doused in cold water and left to dry? Did not, in short, the Sophomore take the place of a mother...
...SENIOR was recently heard to remark that he did n't care so much about getting married, only he was tired of making up his bed. - Madisoniensis...
...material body of poetry, how much must be sacrificed of the ethereal soul, and those delicate fancies which the most unrestrained combination of words can barely express. But grant that all poets are able to command language to such an extent that, in transferring their thoughts into the Procrustes bed of a particular metre, no feet are stretched and no thoughts mutilated, take up at random any collection of poems, and how many are there that seem to bear a trace of the influence of the true spirit of Poesy? How many give us glimpses of that faint and fair...
...sickness came: upon his low rude bed...
...charming! Seven of us took seats together and threw bouquets. She looked at us more than at any other part of the house. Must go again. Had a little supper at Parker's. For all Cowan says against late suppers, it is n't healthy to go to bed hungry, I believe...