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...ornithological ghost-stories," so long as they furnish a text for its widely famed humorous pieces. And when, as a parting thrust, it playfully insinuates that the Crimson is beyond its depth in speaking of matters Shaksperian, it is guilty of a degree of arrogant vanity which we confess we did not anticipate. There is, indeed, little in the editorial article in question that needs refutation : the New Shakspere Society will not suffer very severely under so ill-considered an attack. Granted that its members may have made mistakes; granted that Mr. Furnivall's attack upon Mr. Halliwell-Phillipps...
...began to think that - that you were never coming." One man hates to confess to another that he has been anxious about him; especially when that other comes back in a cheerful mood which is almost exasperating...
...been suggested to me that eleven hands is short measurement for a horse. Perhaps the gentleman rode a hobby. I prefer the other point of view, that is to say. I maintain that he used a pony, though of which kind I confess I cannot determine, whether to expedite mental processes or to cheer the heart...
...literary magazine in college can be a success, the Nassau (Princeton) must claim the palm. We confess it is the only publication of the sort which we can read with interest; although, doubtless, the magazine form has many advantages. Princeton is still very bitter toward Yale on the championship question; the Princetonian accumulates quotations to prove the consistency of her position. The Acta Columbiana cheers for Yale, and one by one the colleges come into line on one side or the other; all of which is doubtless calculated to preserve good feeling. The Acta calls, for April 15, a meeting...
...disappearing up the stairs, her father came out of the office, and, without appearing to notice me, followed after. I confess I was somewhat taken aback: the office windows opened on the front balcony, and it was not improbable that he might have witnessed the some what startling finale to the evening's comedy. However, it could not be helped. As to his favor or disfavor, he was always a moody, eccentric sort of man, and I had no reason to think that he had ever liked me better than I had liked...