Word: memento
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...valuable memento, presented by Dr. Le Baron Russell, is the photograph of Carlyle, presented by him to Emerson. Froude says of it : "There is no likeness of him extant which is so characteristic...
...description of the beautiful harbor of Boston, the marine park of a great State, and the place of summer recreation for hundreds of thousands of people. It aims to be at once a guide to the localities, a history of their ancient quaintness and modern uses, and an artistic memento of scenes which have become, to so many persons, imbued with the deepest interest and the pleasantest associations. It will be useful to harbor tourists, before their voyage, in telling them what to study and observe; on their voyage, as a constant and faithful director to the most interesting localities...
...first race at Pimlico, yesterday, the Chesapeake stake, one and one-quarter miles, Memento won, Infanta second, Venus third. Time...
Although we live in such an age of modernness and conventionality, Harvard still is able to retain many of the peculiar characteristics of college life in days of old. She still has her college pumps - Massachusetts with her ancient gable windows yet remains as a memento of a former age - and there is Jones, the faithful janitor of many years, and Cleary, and John, the fruit man, who continually serve to remind us that we live apart in a world by ourselves, with its own peculiar laws and its own more peculiar characters. John, the fruit vender, has been...
...present rage for photographing everything and every body about college, it may be suggested that a photographic group of the winners in the athletic events at the winter meetings would prove interesting to a large number of men, to whom it would be an acceptable memento of this feature of college life. We find the meeting-room hung with trophies, and photographs of noted athletes, all of which represent out-door events, and victories on land and water. Our winter meetings in the gymnasium are popular and profitable, and often represent a deal of athletic practice and training...