Word: dozen
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...earnestly hoped that many States will adopt the proposition to provide for the maintenance of two pupils by a grant of $ 5000 or an annual subscription of $ 350. The school is to be open from July 7 to August 29. The corps of instructors numbers about a dozen...
...PUBLIC-SPIRITED Senior has purchased a dozen pairs of English sparrows for the yard, and they will soon be colonized in our elm-trees...
...since no business could be transacted. Opening the book at random, he began to read about the policy of Division of Labor, showing its advantages and beneficial results. The Professors all listened with great attention, until one of them started suddenly from his seat, and, after ejaculating half a dozen "Eurekas," explained that he had a most glorious idea. He said that the system of studies now in vogue at Harvard did not lead to any great results; few of her graduates won great renown and glory. He would therefore propose that the old system be superseded...
...Durers on the stand in the Library have given place to a set of Rembrandts about fifty in number. There are also half a dozen prints from Rembrandt's immediate followers. Many of these engravings are very beautiful, and it is interesting to know that most of them are Rembrandt's own work, and that he has, very probably, handled the very paper on which they are printed...
...person should be forbidden to play or sing only at the hours specified, while the privilege of doing otherwise is granted to an association of individuals is difficult to understand. It is poor reasoning that makes it worse for one man to disturb his immediate neighbors than for a dozen or more to disturb twice as many...