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Before the audience had ceased applauding this jeu d'esprit the band struck up "Old Dog Tray," and Diogenes, the famous prestidigitateur, entered the ring with his magic...
...condition in regard to money matters. The charge is $20 the first year, and $15 each succeeding year, which is divided into three tri-monthly payments; the 'Varsity also levies a poll-tax from the clubs sufficient to meet expenses for cups, medals, boats, training expenses, etc. while the esprit de corps is so strong that, practically, everybody belongs to his college boat-club...
...Historic Doubts" of Whately, and his satire is more complete, if possible, than that of the celebrated divine. By fully presenting and amusingly overstating a system of philosophy he completely undermines the edifice he is supposed to be rearing. The very title of the book is a jeu d'esprit. As if to show the absurdity of knowledge in general, apart from things known, he derisively calls his book "An Essay on Human Understanding," without the article. Nowhere is his satire more crushing or his humor more delightful than in his chapters on innate ideas. In a masterly...
...body-guardsman, anxious for a solo, steps out from the wings, sees his mistake, and retires in confusion. Another one is told to "pick up that hat," and, too proud to stoop, pulls it in with the end of his lance. Strange how soon the esprit de corps was developed among us. A report that Booth had died was greeted with "Another one of us gone...
...work, as a whole, is meant to show no affectation of fine writing, nor does it lay claim to literary excellence. The Advocate has this ground by right of possession; we do not attempt to rival it in jeux d'esprit, or in cunningness of speculation, or otherwise poach upon its preserves. We shall be content with the humbler task of satisfying the curiosity of our readers about what is going on in Cambridge, and at other colleges, and of giving them an opportunity to express their ideas upon practical questions. It ought to be added perhaps, that, while...