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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BURNING OF STOUGHTON. | 12/18/1879 | See Source »

This was too much, and I departed. The first thing I met was the outside door: it was a Grays door. I had a spite against that door, and I plunged into it. As I did so, there was a dull thud on the steps below, and a paper fluttered into my hands. I cannot be responsible for its contents. It is a specimen of a too familiar type...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SOMETHING TO ADORE; OR, THE HARE AND HOUNDS CHASE. | 12/18/1879 | See Source »

...INTERVIEWS ON THE HARE AND HOUNDS CHASE."Your reporter first called on Prof. Epol Rabnud (the Dhin), who, in his usual chipper style, said: 'You see, sir, it is a most unexampled case of profit and loss. If you win, you receive an H. A. A. cup! And when you lose all, you only lose a scent!' At this juncture the learned gentleman fell asleep, and your interviewer was obliged to withdraw...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SOMETHING TO ADORE; OR, THE HARE AND HOUNDS CHASE. | 12/18/1879 | See Source »

...much for the paper. I had solved two problems: First, Why had the Corporation ever swung such a door? It was the most effectual ever invented for reporters. Second, Here was the fountain-head of all the Heraldic imagery about Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SOMETHING TO ADORE; OR, THE HARE AND HOUNDS CHASE. | 12/18/1879 | See Source »

...first mischance doth but enhance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SONG. | 12/18/1879 | See Source »

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