Word: heard
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...HEARD the woodpecker pecking...
...enough that prices should rise like the mercury before a south-wind whenever a student enters a store, but every unfortunate person who has heard of Harvard must arm himself with a certificate of high moral character, borrow a car-fare, and make a pilgrimage to this Mecca of boundless generosity. Our poor friend Jones is just weak enough to be food for all these hungry visitors. Endowed with that thirst for knowledge so common here, he is always found in his room, and his generous heart compels him to cry "Come in" at every knock on his door. Many...
...deep grove beyond I heard...
...subject is "The Natural Foundation of Zoological Affinity." This opportunity to obtain instruction in a very interesting department of science, from one who unites to great knowledge a clear and vivid manner of presenting his subject, should not be neglected by those who have never heard Professor Agassiz speak; those who have do not need to be reminded...
...prerogatives; forty cents' worth of old examination-papers done up in book-form; the right to smoke in the holy precincts of the Yard without scandalizing the feelings of some conscientious proctor; and as a climax to this remarkable category, men who are averse to cuts, and have been heard audibly to growl when an occasional one has been given, are to be informed that they may cut whenever they please...