Word: commoner
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...upon the archaeology of Assyria. The lectures of a man so well known in his department, although perhaps on a less popular branch of the study, are deserving of large attendance. The science so thoroughly developed by Rawlinson and lately by Schliemann and his co-workers has become a common and widely interesting part of human knowledge. Even part of the news of the daily press of late years has been reports of the successes or failures of archaeologists working upper the direction of states or through individual effort...
This week Prof. Lanciani concludes his course of lectures on Roman Archaeology. These lectures have proved most enjoyable and instructive, not only to members of the college, but also to the large numbers of Cambridge people who have attended them regularly. It is not a common occurrence, even here at Harvard, to be favored with intercourse with a man of Prof. Lanciani's broad culture and learning. His lectures derive especial interest from the fact that all that he tells us is the result of his personal researches...
...warrior's savage and boastful song. "A Country Frolic" is a jolly life-like sketch, almost making one see the party at the "Forge." There would have been no diminution of the general effect of the sketch, if the conclusion had not contained the almost inevitable and common reference to a marriage. "Uncle Joe" is a sweet little story on a rather threadbare theme. However, it has the merit of not containing mechanical sentimentality and stilted dialogue, which are the common characteristics of college literature of this kind. The daily themes do not seem so well selected as those...
Trojan's library was by far the most complete. There is evidence that books might be taken out of the public libraries. Many of these were sooner or later destroyed by fire. Christian lioraries devoted to scriptural writings were very common in the first centuries after Christ...
Foot-ball fights on the delta were of common occurrence yesterday. Some muckers bombarded windows in Mass. 3, yesterday, and created much commotion within...