Word: gentlemanly
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Next came in a gentleman who was worn nigh unto death by over-work. He was a Professor, and said: "Young man, your project is laudable. If you maintain a gentlemanly tone towards the authorities, and admit no carping criticism of our conduct, the whole Faculty will be glad to write for your paper. I present you with an article on 'The Need of Additional Endowment for our Professorships...
...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...
...dance was in progress when we arrived, and I was much surprised to see one old gentleman dancing gravely around alone. I inquired the reason. "He fancies himself the Pope," said one of the attendants, "and thinks that no one here is good enough to dance with him; and so he dances all by himself...
...GENTLEMAN writes to the New York World, to request that the Yale-Princeton football match, which is to be played in Hoboken, the 27th, be played in the morning, as, if he goes to see it in the afternoon, it will interfere with his Thanksgiving dinner...
...bright and humorous passages, and at the same time, there is a pathos, running through the two principal parts, of an exceedingly refined quality. To say that Mr. Sothern brings this out to its fullest extent, is simply to repeat that he is a finished actor and a gentleman. The support is not very good, the tendency being to overact the comic parts...