Word: displays
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...country said that "the greatest qualities after all are those of the man, not those of the gentleman." Backed by this eminent authority I protest with all the emphasis in the power of one who clings fondly to the few remaining occasions in Harvard life which call for a display of sentiment, that the Tree scrimmage should no be abolished for such a purely fastidious reason. If the smell of perspiration has been "nauseating" to the few people who happen to stand by when the successful "rusher" presented his crimson rose to "some other fellow's sister," the improved exits...
Their observation that football paraphernalia gives offence to refined ladies is unique in its isolation. I presume to say there are few if any ladies, outside of the Corporation, who would absent themselves from the exercises on this account; and surely the display of femininity there in the past is evidence, perhaps overlooked by an introspective committee. The symptoms of disgust among the ladies is quite generally confined to those outside the enclosure where it is presumably not unseemly garments which give offence...
...distinguished by a strongly marked originality and simplicity which added a special charm to his intercourses, and gave a peculiar flavor to his pervasive humor. His nature was frank and open, and in case of need his opinions were uttered with great vigor and certainty; but he shrank from display and avoided public distinctions. He was totally free from self-conceit...
...English and Colonial Furniture, Historical China, Antique Silver, pewter, etc., have an exceptionable opportunity offered to them in the exhibition at Lewis J. Bird's 32 Bromfield St., Dec. 7 and 8. The articles there include some of the finest pieces ever imported into this country, had the display is well worth going...
...English and Colonial Furniture, Historical China, Antique Silver, pewter, etc., have an exceptionable opportunity offered to them in the exhibition at Lewis J. Bird's 32 Bromfield St., Dec. 7 and 8. The articles there include some of the finest pieces ever imported into this country, and the display is well worth going...