Word: donning
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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A LARGE gilt cross has been placed above the entrance to the Library. We don't know whether it is meant as an expression of the Faculty's sympathies in the Turco-Russian war, or as an open defiance of the gentleman who lately accused the Library of wasting its...
"Why!" said I, "but don't you think you will miss the fellows, particularly your classmates? And what do you say to college life? Don't you enjoy that?"
"Well, you see," replied the other gentleman, "it has not been customary for us to have anything more to do with these young men than is absolutely necessary. We don't know anything about them before they come here; and we hesitate to introduce strangers into our families: we never...
"I don't blame 'em if they are," said the stoutman. "If I was a young man, away off from home, with everybody turning the cold shoulder to me, I 'm afraid I 'd be dissipated. They seek the company which gives them the kindest reception. Now, judging from the...
"O, that would never do," said the other. "I don't allow my daughter to have anything to do with a student unless he brings a letter of introduction to me. But my feet are getting cold; and they are going to clear the ice, to flood it."