Word: dicks
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...large audience listened yesterday afternoon to Mr. Copeland's lecture on Dickens. He contrasted Dickens to Fielding and Thackeray, and compared him with Smollet. He also spoke of Dickens' individual qualities, and took up in some detail the characteristics of Mrs. Gamp, the Micawbers, Dick Swiveller and Captain Cuttle...
...success in humor, his failure in pathos, and his keenness of observation, with the curious use to which it was put by his imagination in the portrayal of persons and places. A part of the hour will be given to Dickens's great humorous characters, notably Mrs. Gamp, Dick Swiveller, and Sam Weller...
Yesterday afternoon, Dick Grant 1M., who did not know until too late to take part in it that the cross country run was to be held Thursday afternoon, went over the course against time. He succeeded in covering the distance in 28m. 52 4-5s., easily beating Clark's time of 31m. 20s., made on Thursday. This time makes a new record for the course, and entitles Grant to receive the first prize. The second and third prizes will go to H. B. Clark 1901, and O. W. Richardson '99, the first and second men respectively in Thursday...
...Harvard men who took part in the B. A. A. cross country run Saturday finished as follows: Dick Grant M. S., first; A. W. Blakemore L. S., seventh; H. B. Smith 1900, tenth; N. P. Breed M. S., thirteenth. Grant started from scratch and his time, 25m. 58s. for the 4 3-4 miles, is within 28 seconds of the record. The roads were in very bad shape...
...next hare and hound run will be held Monday afternoon, Nov. 29, at four o'clock sharp. O. W. Richardson '99 and H. B. Clark 1901 will be the hares, and Dick Grant M. S., master of hounds...