Word: familiar
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...mended by his donning a suit of blue clothing with red or pink stripes, red leggings, and top boots; however, his nose was very red, and that goes a great way with an audience. During the evening, the Majiltons performed their one act, with which we are pretty familiar by this time. It was, of course, encored...
...have, in embryo, doctors who sharply detect disease in the unconscious passer-by, who prefer the attractions of clinics to those of the theatre; chemists who poison themselves and their friends with powerful drugs; ministers under the double influence of duty and taste not yet gratified; and lawyers familiar with the names, at least, of Blackstone, Coke, and many others...
...will be understood that the collection makes no moneyed profit from any of these sales. Its object is simply to foster the growing taste in the community for the higher forms of Art. Beauty cannot be known till seen; till the mind, indeed, is brought into somewhat familiar contact with it. By making beautiful objects easily accessible, the College may hope that its students will soon prefer these to the inane works which now decorate too many of their rooms. The keen interest which many of you are already showing is, I assure you, a source of sincere satisfaction...