Word: fors
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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"Who was Rubens?" was the first question. "I can surely make a rush on that," soliloquized Digger. "Rubens was a Flemish painter, - his other name is not known, - and he was famous for his masterpiece, the 'Rape of the Sardines.'
"That don't sound just right either. I am a little mixed. I'll try an extemporary theme for English 5, or, better still, I'll repeat a little English; that will quiet my nerves. I'll begin with Milton's sonnet on a Freshman addicted to bragging:-
"Worse and worse," cried Digger. "I am going crazy." And he rushed down the stairs, and out into the Yard. He was prepared for anything, and therefore was not surprised to see the College pump advancing to meet him with outstretched handle.
Digger went sadly back to his room, and while preparing to go to bed, made a great many good resolutions for next year.
How to Get Strong and How to Stay So. By WILLIAM BLAIKIE. New York: Harper & Bros. 1879. (For sale at Sever's.)