Word: mask
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Conference Francaise held a meeting last evening at which Mr. Sanderson gave an informal talk on the subject of "The Man in the Iron Mask." Mr. Sanderson gave briefly the suppositions which have been advanced concerning the identity of the prisoner. The first mention made of the fact is by Voltaire who says a great deal concerning the deferential way in which he was treated, which would tend to show that he was some man of importance. Among the many theories which have been advanced there are three, any one of which is possible. The first is that...
...Sanderson will speak tonight at the regular meeting of the Conference Francaise, on "the Man of the Iron Mask...
...grind." Again, the man who surrounds himself with more reserved books than he can use at once, that forsooth, when he wishes to study them he may not be obliged to wait, is doing a positive injustice to his fellow-students. Thoughtlessness has been made to serve as the mask for a multitude of sins in the past, but we now intend to give the true name to such actions, viz., inexcusable selfishness. He who collects a stack of books in an out-of-the-way corner is doing no more nor less than robbing his comrades of the privileges...
...Owing for January, a worthy holiday number of the magazine, will be published the following principal articles: "Among the Taurus Mountains," by L. B. Platt; "Mask and Foil for Ladies." by Charles E. Clay; "Fast Ice Yachts," by Col. Chas. H. Norton; the "Lake Champlain Yacht Club," by Fred. G. Mather, and "Hints to Football Captains," by Walter C. Camp. In addition to these are the concluding installments of two excellent papers, the first of the series on "American College Athletics," Harvard University, by J. Mott Hallowell, and "Sport-Past, Present and Future," by Alex. Hunter...
...original copy of Shelley's "Mask of Anarchy" has been found in England. It contains two more stanzas than those in the copy published...