Word: devil
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...There are two names, Stephenson and Stevenson. The one is English, the other Scotch. The one may be the name of the devil for what I know; the other is mine. You know, by the Wellers, what immortal hatred may be kindled by a letter. And I own I grind under this which robs me, not only of my ancestors, but of my native country; and I grind the harder since I see an American publisher actually announcing my own books, and in type, under this travesty. I am, Dear Sir, Yours truly, ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON. Not Steph...
...Hawthorne's manuscript of 'The House of the Seven Gables' contains a letter from the author suggesting possible titles for this romance. 'The one selected,' he wrote, 'is rather the best; and has the great advantage that it would puzzle the devil to tell what it means.' Nearly hidden at the end of this volume, is the poem, in its author's handwriting, which Longfellow wrote upon the death of Hawthorne...
Undergraduate opinion, however, still has far to go. Too few men realize that they come to college primarily to study, or if they realize it themselves, are too weak in their condemnation of the men who fail to observe it. If a man on probation were shunned as the devil, we could feel pretty sure that only those--and they are few--who were mentally incapable of earning two C's and a D would be there. As it is even the athlete, immensely more in the college eye than any other man, deprives a team of his services...
...been slain by Altoum, Emperor of China. Calaf is supposed to have been drowned but he reappears in the streets of Pekin in disguise and declares his mad love for Turandot, the daughter of the Emperor. And in the same-streets of Pekin appears Capocomico, a vagabond player, a devil-may -care imp of romance. Capocomico agrees to cure the Emperor's daughter of a mysterious illness, provided he be allowed to change places with the Emperor for a day. The Emperor agrees and Capocomico reigns for twenty-four hours, during which time many bizarre and interesting things happen...
...Step, "Down in New Orleans"; 3, Waltz, "Sunshine Girl"; 4, Two Step, "Marietta"; 5, Two Step, "La Guapa"; 6, Waltz, "Little Boy Blue"; 7, Two Step, "Caddie Song" (Pi Eta Show); 8, Two Step, "King Chanticler"; 9, Waltz, "Good Bye Everybody"; 10, Two Step, "Silvery Bells"; 11, Two Step, "Devil's Ball"; 12, Waltz, "Delphine"; 13, Two Step, "Devil's Ball"; 12, Waltz, "Delphine"; 13, Two Step, "Listen to the Tinkle of the Old Cow Bell" (Hasty Pudding Show); 14, Two Step, "On the Mississippi"; 15, Two Step, "Tres Moutarade"; Waltz, "Billy Bounce"; 17, Two Step, "Horse Trot...