Word: matthews
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Juniors reading the last Crimson. Junior No. 1. Say, Jack, who wrote "The Blind Maeonides"? No. 2. Don't know. It sounds like Homer, don't it? No. 1. Yes, but he did n't write it; it must be by Matthew Arnold, or some of those English fellows...
...however, the Professor happening to read a theme in which there were several Misspelled Words, two references to Matthew Arnold, a remarkable Mixture of Metaphors, as well as a surprising Lack of Unity, all waited, as they usually did, for a few crushing Remarks from the acute Senior. What was their delight to find him, instead, taking many Notes, blushing to the Roots of his Hair and completely Tongue-tied...
...Does Matthew Arnold's "Righteous Tendency" in Things exclude the Being of a Personal...
Oxford and Cambridge.- Oxford University is preparing to elect a new Professor of Poetry in the place of Sir Francis Doyle. Most of the students, it is said, would like to have Matthew Arnold...
...special trains were run from London for their accommodation. Lord Selborne, Lord High Chancellor, presided, and among the company, which comprised many of England's most distinguished men, were the Bishop of Oxford, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop Manning, Mr. Cardwell, of the Cabinet, and Matthew Arnold. The after-dinner speeches were many in number, and one distinguished gentleman after another acknowledged how much good he had derived from the Union in his younger days. We quote from the speech of the Lord Chancellor in proposing the "prosperity of the Society" as a toast...