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...wine or ale. Once accustomed to drink in their homes and at the table, looking upon these drinks as a part of their dinner, they would early in life contract the habit of their regular and moderate use. In those districts of France where meat is a rarity, on feast days the tables overflow with it. Course after course of it is brought on, and the guests eat to satiety. So it is in the United States with wines. It is in consequence a matter of regret that people do not more generally sanction the use of wine...
...stale routine of term-time is this our holiday bill-of-fare! Ancient mutton and the cheerful bean give place to the monstrous turkey and savory viands in three courses. The tables groan under their unaccustomed burden, and the marble bust of our benefactor looks down upon the feast with an astonished but approving smile. How welcome is the after-dinner nap, undisturbed by that execrable four o'clock bell! And then, with a social game at whist in the evening, we forget that we are homeless...
Prof. "What were the three great festivals of the Jews?" Soph. The Passover, Pentecost, and Feast of Tabernacles." Prof. "What did the Passover celebrate?" soph. "Birth of Christ!" - Am. Student...
...feast mine heart again...
...impetus, the funny men can get up a "corner" on jokes, the light and heavy prose men can "bull" or "bear" their respective productions, while the poets can derive more fire from the others' fervor. But why stop here, and thus deprive the rest of the world of this feast of reason? Now that the project is set on foot, let it be expanded till it takes in the editors of all college papers everywhere. Even this will not be enough, we fear. No editor of any kind will be satisfied till he receives an invitation; so let it embrace...