Word: givens
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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COURSE 5, Natural History, is to be given up. Agassiz will lecture to students on Palaeontology. Mr. St. John will superintend the laboratory in this department...
...playing a round of standard parts during the week. The remembrance of most of his impersonations must be still fresh, as it is only two years since his last visit. "The Merchant of Venice," however, was not produced at that time, and his appearance in it this week has given an opportunity for seeing his performance of the less familiar part of Shylock...
...applause was frequent and hearty, and given with wonderful discrimination, considering the number of gamins up stairs, and their well-known fondness for applauding in the wrong place. Mr. Booth received the compliment of a call before the curtain, and the members of the company were not forgotten...
...reach a practical end. There may likewise be a form of conditional sluggishness which covers an aversion to the labors and obligations incident to successful exertion under the guise of want of opportunity." It is beyond dispute that under no other government is so full and free opportunity given to all usefully to develop every natural and acquired power they may possess, "as in none is there a more ready inclination on the part of the public to appreciate both services and character...
...about 4.22 the explosion of the Telegraph Co's firearm, a general murmur of voices and stampede to the bank showed that the Freshmen had really started. In a couple of minutes the placard for the first half-mile said, "X." "Am." "Hd." Cheers for Yale were given with a will, and her partisans crowded excitedly down the banks. The announcements for the second, third, and fourth half-mile were the same, and were received with increased excitement. After that no one cared to look at placards, for the boats were in sight. First Yale was distinguished, pulling that long...