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...description of her records that " Two round eyes light up her face, equally round and ruddy, which the blobber-lipped mouth does not embellish. Evidently the fairies presiding at the birth of the doctoress did not give her beauty of body...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Feminism | 10/15/1923 | See Source »

...published today by the French Department. The French, including the author's preface, is from the edition of 1697, the last published during the life-time of Racine. The translation which is rhythmic, was made by Asst. Professor de Sumichrast. Four full page illustrations of the 17th Century subjects embellish the volume. These and marginal notes explain the numberous biblical allusions in Acts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Edition of "Athalie." | 11/23/1897 | See Source »

...excellent portrait and sketch of Inter-collegiate Umpire Donovan, embellish the current issue of the New York Clipper...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 4/26/1886 | See Source »

...getting practice by playing against the best professional teams. It is needless to point out the lesson to be drawn from this state of things. We feel confident that the men who are to represent the crimson upon river and field will do all that can be done to embellish our trophy room, which, to tell the plain truth, has not in recent years been overcrowded with the colors of victorious teams...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/8/1885 | See Source »

Friday's Transcript contains a highly appreciative criticism a column long on the window of the class of 1860, recently placed in Memorial Hall. The writer says: "Much has been done during the last few years to embellish Harvard University, both by private endowment and by co-operation among the classes which have graduated from the college. The Sanders Theatre, the Hemenway Gymnasium and the Memorial Hall, are all objects of interest to the visitor who is "doing" Cambridge. During the past summer an interesting feature has been added to Memorial Hall. The lack of interest in this shown...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/27/1882 | See Source »

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