Word: buts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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The senior crew has rowed on the river until within a day or two. They have stopped training for the present. The juniors have a crew at work on the weights every afternoon. The sophomores have two crews at work, one on the river and one in the gymnasium. They...
The atmospheric ink-stand patented a few years ago has had but a limited sale on account of its expense: its advantages have been obvious from the start. Recently the makers have reduced the regular price and the Society bought largely to secure the maximum discount.
The regular meeting of the Shooting club was held at Watertown yesterday afternoon. The attendance was large, but the shooting was hardly up to the average. The first event was the match for the Founders cup, which was won by S. Paine, with a score of 11, MacKay and Bacon...
Lessing's life had neither the romance of Schiller's, nor the charm of Goethe's. It was one long struggle against poverty, in an age when people had not come to understand that literature was a profession worthy of the highest type of man. Manliness and a love of...
Lessing was perhaps the greatest critic that ever lived. His superiority was demonstrated in his judgment of Shakespeare, whom he understood far better than his English contemporary, Johnson. His literary reviews were fearless, and even his personal friends were not spared. He freed the German drama from its slavery to...