Word: getting
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...went to the St. Goar Library, and, thinking a little light reading might enable me to get through the Sabbath without the help of the druggist, I requested (in writing) a certain youthful page to bring me Swinburne's youthful poems, or Bussy-Rabutin, or Severin's Premiere nuit de noces...
SCOUT. I'm mighty sorry that I did n't make your fire; but I tumbled down the steps of Grays and broke three ribs, and could n't get there on time. (Fact...
...have the greatest confidence in the judgment of the Faculty. But what if Growler's health breaks down? I shall be to blame. It is well to be conscientious and elect hard courses, but if anybody ever asks my advice again I shall say, "If you want to get the greatest good out of your college course, and are prepared to bear the scorn of mark worshippers, take solid electives. But if you want to shine upon the rank-list and have a Commencement part, devote your time to ethics and the modern languages...
...boat flying a red flag from a staff twenty feet high. Last year the buoys were so small as to be almost invisible to coxswains, and therefore valueless as guides. The first-mentioned method of buoying would distinctly mark the course, and make it impossible for one crew to get into its opponent's water, except by intent...
There are to be nineteen seats provided, so that all will be able to get out when they please. The boats will be ready for use immediately after the vacation, and will be supplied with good oars and sculls...