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...Endicott, 3dMignonette, a coy maiden, demure enough, but not adverse to a little...
...yesterday at the Parker House. Some 150 gentlemen were present, and Rev. Walcott Calkins, class of 1856, presided. Among the gentlemen present were President Dwight, Prof. Fisher, Gov. Ames, Lieut. - Gov. Brackett, Prof. Goodwin of Harvard, Rev. W. B. Wright, Rev. H. M. Dexter, Prof. E. Y. Hinks, Prof. Coy, Hon. W. W. Crapo, Dr. Increase N. Tarbox, Mr. Linus M. Child, Mr. Alfred Hemingway, Mr. E. P. Nettleton, Judge Baldwin, Prof. Jeshup, Prof. P. P. Otis, Mr. J. Haskell Butler and others...
...appearance again. Complaints about the bathing facilities at the gymnasium are heard on every hand, it is only with the hope of explaining the reasons for these laments that we attack the subject. It is a matter of interest to all. Everybody has had some experience with the coy willfulness of those faucets and pipes. Everybody knows what a delight it is to linger shivering and half-frozen, waiting for a drop or two of warm water, and finally in despair to dash under the ice-cold stream in place of something more agreeable. And everybody knows that...
...relate, his suit did not prosper, and after a few days he again writes to his friend, wondering whether the lady is "coy and reserved" in order to make him more in love, or whether she is offended at the "Spanish stateliness" of his demeanor. He becomes greatly moved over his wretchedness. However, one cannot help doubting the real strength of such affection, when the last paragraph of the letter is reached. He concludes a passionate profession of love for Miss Blair, and then adds: "A letter from my signora at Siena, written with all the warmth of Italian affection...
...William Henry Bishop, well known as a writer, has gathered several of his short stories, which laws appeared in the different magazines, into book form under the title, Coy Susan and Other Stories. The volume is a handy one and the stories, as a rule, abound in good description's of men and places, making it a good book to read at old moments...