Word: gathered
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...bearing slight inconveniences in the way of travelling third class when necessary to use the railway, for this plan is based on experiences of a walking tour, and when coming to a village or city at night, in going to the little inns where the farmers and tradespeople gather in the evening. They are, by the way, not unpleasant companions, and form an instructive feature in travelling. In a walking tour in England, six or seven shillings a day is a comfortable allowance in the country, and this would leave a slight surplus to be spent when in London...
...remainder of the Report refers to the other branches of the University; and we gather from it that in general they are prospering. The College proper has a deficit of $ 9,557.27 for the year...
...same line may be attributed the bare, prosaic nature of the English poets, - notably Shakspeare and Tennyson. The celebrated phrase "To take arms against a sea of troubles," which some have ignorantly criticised, is still far below the Harvard standard. A Harvard poet would have written, "To gather arms," or "To reap arms." The following lines deserve to take rank among the finest in the language...
...gather from the reports of the class secretaries, this subscription was started by the Class of '71, and has been continued by each class since that time. The average subscription has varied considerably in different years. In '75 it was ninety-four dollars; for the last three years it has been about fifty dollars. The amount subscribed is paid in ten annual instalments, and is finally handed over to the Corporation, to use as they think best...