Word: donnybrooke
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Whatever may have been done by Harvard men, either then or since then, it is only just that the editors of respectable Boston papers should examine both sides of the question before censuring college men in language that would ruin the reputation of a Donnybrook fair...
...Romanists supporting the conservative government in England, and leading the ultra-radical movement in New York. But it has often been the policy of that church to make the means subservient to the end; and we need feel no surprise at finding them on any side in the political Donnybrook fair. Meanwhile, the elections in England seem to have been carried on with as much disturbance as ever disgraced us in our most bitter party contests. It is difficult to perceive what benefit is to accrue to the English working-people from any change in the Ministry; but perhaps they...