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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...first question, after the customary "How are you?" was whether I knew any good dancer to introduce...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A FEARFUL MISTAKE. | 11/22/1878 | See Source »

...said I. "There is a young lady here from Boston, - splendid dancer, nice talker...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A FEARFUL MISTAKE. | 11/22/1878 | See Source »

...life of an instructor in those days was by no means an easy one. Private tutors were often tossed in blankets, and the lecturers were frequently annoyed by the students singing worn-out songs, - the "Sallies" and "Bull-Dogs" of the time, - or by the talk about the latest dancer at the circus. "You forget all about Demosthenes," says an irate lecturer to his class, "and go on with your songs, which you know by heart already...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STUDENT LIFE IN ATHENS. | 6/15/1877 | See Source »

...chaffing, - you know you 're a dancer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A PRESSING INVITATION. | 11/12/1875 | See Source »

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