Word: landing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...function at present is to give their consent a matter of form-to the nominations of instructors, and to hold long and interesting debates on questions proposed by the president; for are they not, as one of their members has proudly called them, the foremost debating society in the land...
...Land...
...school was founded in 1845, by the Hon. George Bancroft, then Secretary of Navy, and was located on government land at the mouth of the Severn river. From the time of its foundation improvements in the character of the school have been continually going on. The grounds have been cared for and are now kept in the trim state befitting government property...
...made a host of friends for himself thereby. In our wishes for the success of his present enterprise, perhaps there is a grain of selfish interest. Mr. Bowen is starting out to do missionary work for the college; he is to preach the Harvard "word" throughout the land; and, we expect, in the near future, troops of callow youth to come thronging to Harvard as the results of his efforts. But, whether this result comes or not, our wishes for his success are both sincere and hearty...
...that haunt such places in the dead of night. Hundreds of volumes were ranged up the sides of the walls. Ancient tapestries from Venice and Florence draped gracefully in the corners. Marbles and vases, gems and intaglios, represented the civilization of Greece and Rome. Knickknacks and curiosities from foreign lands lay scattered with studied carelessness among the books. The library was all that a man of letters could desire. I rubbed my eyes that I might be sure that I was not asleep. "O, that this were mine!" I whispered to myself. My companion heard. "And so are these your...