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Word: facings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...have the boys, sir!" said the old gentleman, with marked emphasis and vivacity, his face lighting up; "we have the boys! They are fine boys! bright boys! good boys! There is in them the making of new Madisons, Jeffersons, Calhouns, Clays! We need such men in the South! We need them in Louisiana above all! And we have the boys there to become such men, only they lack the educational resources. The common school system of the State is defective. When I made my first donations towards establishing the university I was not aware the property so given would...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN LOUISIANA. | 1/14/1884 | See Source »

...vitality of men, to wither their brains by spring-forcing, to make them know so much that they avail nothing, to send forth graduates who are a perpetual sneer at their less learned betters, then let us have no colleges. But are we thus to slap civilization in the face, and because animals can run into evil courses, become vegetables which cannot? This indeed amounts to throwing up the game of life and admitting that the world is worse off the older it gets. It is the business of the true culture to point out the landmarks that verify progress...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE COLLEGE OF TODAY. | 1/9/1884 | See Source »

Paul Tullane's most recent gift to Tullane University, of New Orleans, is stocks and bonds of a face value of $269,000, but whose market value is much greater...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/5/1884 | See Source »

...probably less conventional and more picturesque than those actually employed by Aristophanes and their ornithological accuracy was secured as nearly as possible by Prof. Newton. Their dress consisted of a bird's head with an appropriate beak, covering the head of the actor, except an oval opening for his face, and wings reaching from the shoulders to the knees and enveloping the arms, by which they were moved from within. Some of the birds had long necks extending several feet above the heads of the actors; these were swans, a spoon-ball, and a gorgeous flamingo. The bright colors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE "BIRDS." | 1/4/1884 | See Source »

...length cease to be regarded and spoken of as a buffoon with a foul mouth and mind." He aims to have this author, the contemporary of Luther, recognized, as Shakespeare and and Milton are, for what he is really worth, for his stout heart, his cheerfulness and his brave face. He follows Urqhart's translation, but does not hesitate to improve it whenever...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 1/3/1884 | See Source »

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