Word: brougham
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...learned the other day from a gentleman, who was once the Law school librarian, of Charles Sumner's gift to the Law school of a wig of Lord Brougham's, the same which Lord Brougham wore when presiding in the House of Peers, and a little of the subsequent history of the wig. The story seemed to me of a good deal of interest and I think it ought to be more widely known...
...runaway pair of horses attached to a brougham created great excitement in the Square about 11 o'clock last evening. They dashed up Main street, but were finally stopped by a brave "striker" who ran out, seized one of the animals by the bits and stopped the pair after being dragged about 100 feet. No damage was caused although a young lady, the sole occupant of the carriage was badly frightened...
...Gifted, Carlyle. Mercer: Speech of Henry V. before Agincourt, Shakespeare. Perkins: The Cloud, Shelley. Poor: The True Grandeur of Nations, Sumner. E. Robinson: The Rights of an English Subject, Erskine. Sargent: A Legend of Bragance, Adelaide Procter. Swayze: Boston and the Old South, Phillips. C. L. Wells: Immediate Emancipation, Brougham...