Word: lighting
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Towards the sea the ships had long lines of lanterns hung from their masts. Behind them, on the little island, the lights of the Armenian cloister were faintly seen. On the land side the two columns brought from the East were wreathed with light; a single band of white defined the arches of the ducal palace, and two or three perpendicular bars of red the columns. The Corinthian custom-house at the entrance of the Grand Canal, and forming one horn of the crescent-shaped harbor, was all ablaze; its body was red, the lines of its architecture were white...
...could see down the Canal, the successive lines of light, rising from the water's edge to the top of the palaces, pointed out their cornices and windows. In the city a single light from the top of the Campanile seemed like a rising star, while above it all the dim light reflected from the water against the sky seemed like a halo...
...carpe diem, all this will soon go by, and the winter fireside be the only substitute for autumn's glory; an enjoyable one, notwithstanding, for winter drives every one within himself; and its long evenings give ample opportunity for that deep thought or light fancy suggested by our contact with the master minds of all ages in science or letters. When one thinks of the opportunities for culture here possessed, he cannot but wonder at the insignificant results attained by most men. The present Freshman Class have an unequalled opportunity for instituting a new order of things in this respect...
...anything to do. The records of the past week have made known a heavy embezzlement by the cashier of the Treasury Department of the State of New York, amounting to $ 300,000, developing a system of fraud almost unparaleled. Within the past year defalcation after defalcation has come to light both in cities and in country towns, - Boston, Brooklyn, New York, Lowell, Hingham, to say nothing of similar cases in our Western and Southwestern States, has proved how unworthy of trust have been those persons who have occupied honorable positions...
...been chiefly due to the lethargy of last year's administration; and with the election of the present board of officers, the association seemed to take a new lease of life, and the evil day of dissolution was averted, for a time at least. The fact then came to light that of last year's Freshmen only thirty had become members; and these last really did not seem to enjoy any privileges from which the rest of the class were debarred...