Word: mail
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Postman has given us the following interesting statistics for the month of January (College delivery) : Letters, mail, 17,724; drop, 20,343. Papers...
...result of the examinations will not be communicated this year to the candidates personally, at the close of the examination on Saturday, as heretofore, but will be communicated to them by mail, in the following week...
...shielded as in jet-black mail...
...approaches, so our recluse draws about him his mantle of chilling reserve if any one ventures to break in upon his privacy, and with some well-worded excuse is gone, leaving one to wonder how he can ever break through this coldness, which, like a coat of icy mail, repels all advances of a friendly sort. It may be that some are so inclined that to their minds this solitude is real pleasure, but we can hardly think so; to us there is no state so utterly desolate. If, as sometimes happens, any one is driven into solitude by some...
...repeat our solicitation for contributions from all our fellow-students, and particularly request those who send articles through the mail to attach their signatures, not for publication, but as a pledge of good faith. Any article not deemed suitable for our paper can, in that case, be immediately returned to its author...