Word: german
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...these books were given to the new club, the paid librarian would keep them in order, and additions could be made to supplement the College Library in the most useful way. Rooms might be set apart where whist and chess could be played, and others in which French and German lectures and debates might be held. In process of time enough money would be accumulated or subscribed to build a house, and then it might be practicable to have a kitchen where a steak and potatoes might be cooked for those who ordered them. At Cambridge the expense to each...
STUART STERNE is a new name in English literature, and is said to belong to a German lady, who has, if this be true, written in a foreign tongue poetry which is much above the average of English or American productions. Whatever her nationality may be, the name is evidently a nom de plume, for only a woman could possess such a perfect knowledge of the noblest and deepest emotions of a woman's heart. The book consists of a collection of short poems and sonnets, most of which are supposed to be uttered by a woman whose soul...
Antonelli's face turned as red as the robe that was the emblem of his dignity. He retired, to compose a telegram bearing the news of this last diabolical act instigated by the heretical German premier. As he passed, his eye met the luckless Giacomo, cowering behind a statue. For one second the full flash of the Cardinal's eye was focussed on the unfortunate page. When he went on, the page was no longer there...
ISAAC BOWEN BARKER, A. M., Tutor in German, died in his room in Little's Block at an early hour on the morning of last Monday. He had been suffering from a severe cold for several weeks, - a cold so severe, indeed, that he had been advised by the President to quit work for a while, and to try, if possible, to regain his health. This, however, he was unwilling to do. He met his sections as usual on Saturday morning; and it was only at a late hour on Sunday evening that friends who were with him became convinced...
...with the design of fitting himself for the work of giving instruction in Modern Languages; and afterwards went again for the same purpose. After his return from Europe he was appointed Professor of Modern Languages at the University of Knoxville, Tennessee. He entered upon his duties as Tutor in German in this College last October; and those who knew him well believed that the College had been wise in choosing and fortunate in securing him; and he himself began his work cheerfully, and with the hope that his life thereafter might be identified with the College...