Word: might
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...stronger interest in, the literature of other countries. Besides, it is a knowledge we must gain before we can hope for the reputation of being liberally educated, and there will be no future time when we can expect such aids in the acquirement of this knowledge as might be ours at present...
...American stroke." If a member of the London Rowing Club could be installed as coach to these new men, nothing would be wanting to insure their education in the best school; but this is undoubtedly impracticable, and English works on rowing must be resorted to. The men might be forced to select a coach from their own number, but this would be much better than to run the risk of having their stroke ruined by a Harvard...
...agree with mine. He is an extremely nouveau riche, in fact, of the sort who cannot see the difference between vulgar impertinence and the decent amount of assurance that every gentleman ought to possess. And ever since I met him I have been tormented with the idea that you might possibly be sacrificing your old notions of manners, which I am bound to say were very good, to the theories of good-fellowship which happen to be popular among a certain class of people in Cambridge. So I am going to relieve myself by a lecture on manners, which...
...annoyances; more, indeed, than a casual observer would suppose, for it is a sacred law handed down from all antiquity, that he who does not curse at an examination is a prig and a hypocrite. But this is all mere words, and but for the thought that five cents might be much better expended round the corner of Brighton Street than at the University Bookstore in a blue book, there is an intense calm excited in the breasts of us all at the announcement of an examination, which is only to be imputed to Harvard indif - I pause, lest...
...that I was doing my duty, and so was happy. When evening came I was too tired to continue my reading, and, being afraid some friend would happen around and suggest a game of billiards or cards, I hurried away to make a call in town, thinking that I might be aided in my reform by the elevating influence of society. The conductor on the car passed me by in collecting the fares. Usually I could not be better pleased than by cheating the conductor; but upon this occasion I stepped up and gave him my ticket. A Sophomore called...