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...affairs and the activities of his own college campus. He affects peculiarities of dress and manner, . . . wants to be seen and heard, whereas the successful man of the world moves about inconspicuously. He is still the center of his own world. This is what makes him . . . "an opinionated little cuss." He is as full of argument as an egg is of meat. He lives on slang. . . . There are two remedies. . . . One is a frank and outspoken attitude . . . addressed to the student, to the end that he discover antidotes to his limitations. The other, and the most effective, is . . . a full...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMENT | 11/12/1920 | See Source »

...number of the Advocate which appears today contains much that is excellent, and little that is wholly uninteresting. One of the best stories that has appeared in the Advocate for a long time is Mr. French's "A Grateful Little Cuss...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Advocate. | 5/8/1891 | See Source »

...Grateful Little Cuss," by Mr. R. T. French, is a delightful piece of work. The little street gamin, proud of his robbery in his friend's behalf, in spite of all that can be said to him by way of remonstrance, makes a very pathetic hero, and enlists the reder's unrestricted sympathy. The dialect is especially well done...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Advocate. | 5/8/1891 | See Source »

Pretzel, his German valet ; an interesting cuss, with a penchant for legerdemain, W. R. Heart...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Joan of Arc, OR THE OLD MAID OF NEW ORLEANS. | 4/20/1885 | See Source »

...fielder he cuss w'en he drop...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: IMPRESSIONS A LA FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT. | 6/19/1883 | See Source »

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