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Word: discoverer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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FOR a single writer to traverse the whole range of English literature without a stumble would be almost impossible. Mr. Taine, although on the whole wonderfully apt to be right, is acknowledged to have made some mistakes; and one of these mistakes is, I think, his estimation of Thackeray. It...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TAINES THACKERAY. | 3/7/1873 | See Source »

The crews of other colleges, if they should discover in this explanation of the prevailing style of rowing here any new points which it would be advantageous to know, can avail themselves of them.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/21/1873 | See Source »

Those who object to this custom of supporting a paper in college urge that what time is spent in writing the spicy article or in discussing college topics could better be spent over Greek plays or on the Merovingian dynasty. While no one can doubt the propriety of doing the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WRITING FOR COLLEGE PAPERS. | 2/21/1873 | See Source »

Discover on earth, or far or near,

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MY QUEST. | 2/7/1873 | See Source »

The fact that there have been violations of good order, and of such a character as to call for severe measures, shows that not all the rules of the Faculty have been effectual. And when they have failed of their end, where dismission and suspension have been the penalties, it...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COLLEGE PENALTIES. | 2/7/1873 | See Source »

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