Word: lumps
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...operative Society has made arrangements with agents in Paris and Liepsic for the direct importation of French and German books. The intention is to send orders in a lump at stated periods. The packages will arrive three times a year, about Oct. 1, Dec 15, and March 15. In addition, orders will be taken during the academic year, for books to be forwarded immediately by mail, whenever they are wanted in advance of the regular import time. The expense of postage in such cases will be charged to the buyer...
...will be very demoralizing. Now we would suggest to the officers of the H. A. A., that if, in their opinion, it is inadvisable to hold the sports on another atternoon this week, they should begin the meeting as soon as possible after 1 o'clock on Saturday, and "lump" some of the events, so that several of the more tedious exhibitions, (as throwing the hammer, putting the shot, the mile races, and c.) come together. If the events are started promptly, and consolidated in this way, the field could be left clear by 4 P.M. Those wishing...
...Yale Courant, describing the Peabody Museum, gives utterance to the following bon mot. "In a large room on the first floor, lectures on scientific subjects are frequently given, one on the evolution of a Princeton man from a lump of New Jersey mud being especially popular...
...Take a lump of egotism...
WHAT IS A KISS?Scientifically considered, a hearty kiss resembles in principle nothing so much as the action by which the lump-sucker fish attaches itself to a stone, or that of the leather "suckers" with which urchins delight to lift pebbles. The lips of the kisser are pressed against those of the kissee, a slight exhaustion of air is caused by a "drawing" action on the part of the agent active, and the two actors in the farce are temporarily attached to each other by the pressure of the external air. The kisser ceases to exhaust the air within...