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Word: cover (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...there are some books that we want to have by us, and in our own libraries, yet are unable to pay the outrageous prices asked for them. It makes little difference if I read Lamb in full Russia, blue and gold, or the abominable yellow cover; in point of fact, one enjoys a novel or essay quite as much when the cover can be turned back and the book rather familiarly used. The imposing libraries that impart an air of wonderful erudition to the regal house of many a merchant, do their only duty in doing as much as this...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHEAP LITERATURE. | 12/4/1874 | See Source »

...Every Saturday, after the issue of October 31, is to be merged in Littell's Living Age, its old and more pretentious rival. There seems to be no good reason for the maintenance of two eclectic magazines which cover nearly the same ground, and we have no doubt that whatever we lose in the Every Saturday will be gained in the increased vigor of the conduct of the Living...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 10/23/1874 | See Source »

...although the experienced angler prefers the huts of the natives, when there are any. The line, about a hundred yards long, should be of strong silk, the Irish lines the best. Flour I forgot, - the natives knead it, dig a hole in the ground, put it in, and then cover it with hot coals; when the black crust is scraped off, you will find some light and very palatable bread. For the first season, of course, the expenses are large in proportion to the number of fish caught, and for a single summer this plan cannot be recommended, except...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SALMON FISHING. | 6/5/1874 | See Source »

MESSRS. WOODS, Mann, Bruyere, Jacobus, Beach, Loughlin, Williamson, Paton, Van Deventer, form the Princeton Nine. The uniforms are of grayish blue, bound with orange. Princeton will send a University Crew and a Freshman Crew to the Regatta. The finest thing about the Nassau Lit. is the engraving on the cover...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 5/8/1874 | See Source »

...autograph-book of the Class of '74 is being prepared, and members of the Class will confer a favor by calling at No. 39 Grays, between the hours of 2 and 3 P. M., and leaving their autographs. The book is to be neatly gotten up. On one cover is to be the stamp of the University, and in one corner, "Harvard '74." On the title-page will be written, "Autographs of the Class...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevities. | 3/13/1874 | See Source »

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