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...work down below, and two were turning the cranks of the rough wooden windlass. They were shaggy, powerful, good-natured fellows, who shook me warmly by the hand when they learned that I was an old friend of their "pard's," and treated Elsie as if she were a goddess just stepped down from the clouds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A BODIE ADVENTURE. | 1/13/1883 | See Source »

...Princeton are somewhat superstitious. They are now urging the advisability of changing the traditional striped jersey, worn by their foot-ball team, for some plain color after the style of Yale and Harvard, thinking thereby to better their chances and to propitiate the fickle goddess of fortune. We should regret the change and miss the unique colors and striking effects produced by the fear-inspiring "tigers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/18/1882 | See Source »

Some students at Exeter climbed eighty feet to the dome of the town hall, and dressed the Goddess of Justice in an old red skirt after the style of a Modoc squaw. The authorities had a hard time in getting the goddess right again...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 6/22/1882 | See Source »

...goddess, my queen, pledged me her love...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LOVE AND FORGET. | 6/17/1881 | See Source »

Dear to all hearts for its past, home of the Goddess of Counsel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE LATEST NEWS FROM DELPHI. | 6/17/1881 | See Source »

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