Word: letters
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...happened to be the next substitute;" Wer staubt hier im Zimmer ab? "Who stops here in the summer?"; sie hatte sich verrathen, "she was married;" er streckte die Linke nach den Briefen aus, "he placed his left hand against her cheek," and "he stuck the stamp on the letter;" sie zog sofort eines der Bucher hervor, "she drew on softly one of the boots;" sie musste die Wahrheit sagen, "she had to name the marriage day;" rechts-chaffene Manner, "well shaved men;" es war eine Frauenstimme, die, wie es schien, eben eine langere Ansprache beendete, "it was a woman...
...file of the Nation is to be found a letter from one of the instructors of our French department, which was written to that paper for the purpose of showing with what ingenuity the sub-freshman overcomes obstacles which would appear insurmountable to a mind of ordinary ability. Many of the men whose genius flashes out in the following quotations are now in the junior class, - or possibly in the sophomore class, - for the examples of wild conjecture given below were called forth by a paper in entrance French which was given to candidates for admission a couple of years...
...make it certain that he is not asked to devote himself to an uncongenial task to a greater extent than is good for him. These seven courses go under the following names : classical, mathematical-physical, chemical-biological, physical-chemical. Latin-mathematical, historical-political, and modern language. - Johns Hopkins letter in Evening Post...
...adjourned meeting was held at the usual place yesterday morning, Hon. E. R. Hoar presiding. It was voted to concur in the election of E. L. Mark, Ph. D., Hervey professor of Anatomy, and W. L. Richardson, M. D., professor of Obstetrics. The board adopted a letter to Mr. Alexander Agassiz, expressing regret at his resignation from its membership. It was voted to print the President's report for 1884-85, also voted that it is advisable to establish a Peabody Professorship of Archaeology and Etymology in the University. The committee on Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry presented its annual report...
...versions must be neatly and legibly written upon letter paper of good quality, of quarto size, with a margin of not less than one inch at the top and bottom, and on each side. They must be deposited in the office of the Dean of the College Faculty on or before May 1, 1886. Each version must have inscribed upon its title-page an assumed name of the writer, and must be accompanied by a sealed envelope containing the writer's real name and superscribed with his assumed name...