Word: comparison
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first book which the Chaucer Society will publish this year will be Mr. W. M. Rossetti's comparison of Chaucer's "Troilus," with its part original, the "Filostrato" of Boccaccio...
...complaints about the appearance of the Michigan Argonaut have always seemed to us quite unfounded, as it is always neat, not to say attractive. Its contemporary, the Chronicle, suffers by comparison, for the younger journal contains more news, has better press-work, and is generally more inviting. We should consider that the Argonaut deserved a large circulation, for its notes on all departments of the university are very full, and its literary and editorial departments very fair...
...whole crew has been kept off the weights until the present time, and as an immediate result the men show a decidedly greater interest in the task before them. This good result will surely be followed by others of equal importance. The work now being done is light in comparison with what will be required after the mid-years. At present the crew content themselves with a short pull of about three hundred strokes and a run of half a mile and back up the avenue, beside going through the first course on the chest weights. This amount of work...
...plan seems to be very similar to the one in vogue at Harvard, although there are quite a number of points of difference, and a comparison between the two systems may be of interest. The honors at graduation are of two classes, i. e., "honors for general excellence" and "honors in special subjects." The "honors for general excellence" correspond in a measure to our degrees "with distinctions...
...most hearty commendation of all who have been fortunate enough to secure his services. Seldom if ever can we find a gentleman so proficient in the profession of training who will so readily adopt the college spirit and desire for success, or will hold remuneration so cheaply in comparison with victory. The precise value of Mr. Robinson's services in regard to the intercollegiate games will probably never be thoroughly estimated, but each member of the victorious teams can name very many advantages which he owes to the care and proficiency of his trainer...