Word: known
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Rubens?" was the first question. "I can surely make a rush on that," soliloquized Digger. "Rubens was a Flemish painter, - his other name is not known, - and he was famous for his masterpiece, the 'Rape of the Sardines...
Where never a mortal was known to dwell...
...would be much better to wait till the list of those who obtain Honors is published, instead of printing the names of the unsuccessful candidates as well. A man who undergoes the labor of preparing for these examinations, and yet fails, is naturally sensitive about having his failure made known, and I can say for myself that I should have had much more hesitation about going in had I known that that fact was to be spread abroad. Hardly any one knew who were the unsuccessful candidates last year, for the publication of a list of all applicants...
...person not a member of a recognized Club must be properly introduced by some well-known person who can vouch for his being an amateur. Tug-of-war teams must represent some Club or Association...
...Russian government, as is well known, has a constitutional antipathy to new ideas, and the strictest care is taken that none enter the Empire. Only subjects the study of which does not tend to spread dissatisfaction with existing institutions are allowed to be taught. It is quite amusing to see how the sciences are prepared for learners. To eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge is dangerous, so the Russian government removes from the knowledge to be administered all evil effects. From the gymnasia - preparatory schools with a seven years' course - the candidate is admitted into the university with...