Word: lunches
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Dates: during 1874-1874
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...that from 6 to 8, and, by the change, hard students, to do their three hours' work in the evening, are forced to sit up till eleven; and, finally, that there would be need of more gas at the Hall, and that more meat would be required at lunch than is now needed at tea, in consequence of which the fare would not be so good. Of course, some of these questions can be argued, but the upholders and opposers of the proposition seem to consist respectively of those who take exercise and those who do not, so the decision...
Feel somewhat better. (Have endured eight days of misery. Food during that period, crackers and gruel.) Crawl up on deck. My appetite returns with great vigor. Eat a hearty lunch. Lady asks me if I have been seasick. Reply, "O no, only a trifle disturbed...
...After lunch the Harvards went in, and batted so safely and vigorously as to completely tire out their opponents. Dwight, Green, and Sullivan all made double figures; Lee carried out his bat for 18; and Harris was called out by a wrong decision of the Harvard umpire, while batting beautifully. Ninety-nine runs was the score when the last wicket fell...
...brain and body should be expended on the delicate ivories. As everybody is here, the programme for the day is usually laid out, at the same time that the latest scintillations of wit and humor are exchanged. This is only the beginning, but we cannot delineate further. Lunch, calls, driving, dinner, theatre, supper, and so forth, follow. There is no break in the possibilities of enjoyment, except perhaps in the afternoon for a couple of hours, when, in this slushy weather, the Park does not substitute the Bois. New York by gaslight, however, is nearly equal to the standard...