Word: iced
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...enjoyment of the gods. Alas! what infinitely lesser powers now vindicate it as their prerogative, and daily dare to rob us of it, leaving no apology, no consolation behind. There is a fable which tells how an old goose and a young duck once found a hole in the ice in winter-time, and how, though the goose could not be induced to accompany the duck into the water, partly by praises of the bracing and healthful effect sure to follow, and partly by gentle physical suasion, she succeeded in getting the duck in, and how, when once...
...Ice us to peruse the latter...
While daintily picking a pathway through the mud and the ice and the snow...
...wish the College would lay plank walks in the yard. As we wade through our classic enclosure on the sloppy days of the January thaw, or, when the signal-man at Washington turns the water into ice, as we gracefully measure our length in front of University, we think of this. We do not find fault with the management of our beloved institution, but we mildly hint that plank walks, such as are each winter laid on Boston Common, would be a blessing to Faculty and students...