Word: fronts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...happened that in the two seats directly in front of ours there were two as blooming maidens as ever appealed to the aesthetic nature of an appreciative undergraduate. In a word, they were girls not to be sneezed at; but rather to be smiled at, if occasion allowed...
...accepted the situation: the girls' affections must be won, but how? A sight that had met our wandering gaze suggested the modus. Just in front of the girls, and consequently but two seats in front of us, there was one of those honest, real old-fashioned bald-heads, with about five hairs above each ear and all the rest a glittering expanse. Now, it has always been a theory of mine that if you can get a young lady to smile at what you say, you can soon get her to smile...
Will was the first to let fly a shaft: "Say, Ned, do you see that effulgent bald-head two seats in front?" "Yes." "Well, do you know why that's like our college bell?" I gave it up. "Because it's got a good open clear(r)ing, and is probably not easily turned." We thought this a pretty good shot, and watched the effect. It certainly made an impression, but there wasn't that encouraging ripple of merriment that we desired. It was now my turn: "Can you tell me, Will, why that bald-head is a bad debtor...
...head, he would reap a twofold advantage: one in that never, no matter what his position, could he be open to the accusation of turning his back on a friend; the other, in being able to boast in time of war that all his wounds were in front, no matter how often he was struck while beating a retreat...
...this without the slightest visible effect on our neighbors in front. We were getting desperate. As a last resort, Will produced the time-honored simile of a bald-head and Heaven...