Word: far
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...advertisements outside of the text, he begins with the title-page and strings them all along through the book. The engraving of one of the Fall-River steamers which is introduced in the middle of the text might just as well be a likeness of George Washington, so far as its connection with a handbook of Boston goes. The accounts of the various hotels and restaurants read almost exactly like advertisements. Thus, in the account of the Parker House appear those familiar lines, "The clarets, etc. are Mr. Parker's direct importation, the result of personal selection from the best...
...success of the Natural History Society in giving each year a course of lectures has often been cited as an example of what a live society can do in this matter; but no other society, thus far, has had the courage to follow the example. It has been suggested, however, that the Art Club, the Philosophical Club, and the Finance Club combine for this purpose. The general aims of these three societies are the same, and each of them is willing to do anything towards securing lectures on its special subject; by combining they could give us a full course...
...Trinity Tablet thinks that the literary productions of small colleges have not received their due, and quotes at length from the papers of the large colleges to show the inferiority of the literature of the latter. These quotations are by far the most interesting thing in the Tablet, and hardly justify the following conclusions...
...finally, George got his degree and graduated. Some people thought that he would have lost it if his father had not been a benefactor of the college. A few even went so far as to whisper that a degree should not be for sale at any price. However, there are always grumblers, and one cannot expect to please everybody...
...lived in castles in far-off lands...