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...went well for several weeks until the pair went to call on a gentleman from the West, who possessed a brace of 45's. He found that with their leather holsters and cartridge belt, the "shooting irons" lent a decorative, masculine, frontier touch to the effeteness of his Cambridge quarters. He had heard about the unique sales arguments of the two vendors of booze, and when the pair arrived in his room one evening, he had an idea of how to bolster his sales resistance...
...exhibition in Gallery XV of the Fogg Art Museum is a rare Rembrandt, "A Youth with a Black Cap and Long Curling Hair", which has been lent for a short period of exhibition by Sir Joseph Duveen, a well-known art connoisseur. The picture comes form the collection of Lord Leconfield, in Petworth, Sessex, and was exhibited in London, at the Royal Academy...
...dropped her knitting, went to the window, and sniffing the balmy air, decided that, after all, her boys should not work so hard in the so-called cultural courses; just some gentlemanly browsing would be enough. Now, it happens that these courses are generally the same to which she lent her kind attention some weeks ago. But that was on a cold, wintry...
Prologue (Lent...
Newman was gentle, but he was not weak, as one Monsignor learned to his cost when he wrote him a condescending invitation to come to Rome and better himself. Said Newman: "I have received your letter, inviting me to preach next Lent in your church at Rome to 'an audience of Protestants more educated than could ever be the case in England.' However, Birmingham people have souls; and I have neither taste nor talent for the sort of work which you cut out for me. And I beg to decline your offer...