Word: moneyed
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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These early poems brought Pope much praise but very little money; so in 1715, he began his translation of Homer as a commercial speculation. As he had no knowledge of Greek and was obliged to use Latin and French text, his translation is far from an exact one; in fact a friend remarked to him that he had produced a very good poem but he must not call it Homer's. The translation was, however, very successful, and with his fortune he bought the estate at Twickenham, called by Swift, "Pope's Villa...
...committee appointed, who fitted up a room with games, books, etc. The work proved so successful that two years ago the club was able to move into still larger and more comfortable rooms. This year the accommodations have been still farther increased. Formerly the freshman classes raised the money to carry on the work, but since it moved the funds have been provided by the management of that mission, and now all the freshman class has to do is to furnish men to carry on the work and to subscribe $50 or $100 to provide for entertainments. The work...
Complaints are often heard that the students know nothing of what becomes of the money received by the Athletic Clubs, particularly by the baseball and football associations. The above tables give a full, accurate and official report of the detail of expenses and receipts in all lines of athletics during the last year, and are particularly valuable as a matter of reference...
...report of the new graduate manager and treasurer. They will afford thus an opportunity of judging to what extent the new scheme of management has been a success in reducing the expenses, not only as a whole but in each particular department. There is doubtless a considerable waste of money at present as shown by the total expenditures, which are extravagant in many details...
...reports of the expenses of the various athletic teams for the past year have all an indication that nothing which could in any way add to the equipments or the comfort of the teams has been left unbought. There has not been, it is true, such reckless expenditures of money as characterized the reports of the year before, but the reports sufficiently show that the financial management of the teams, taken all together, has not been so economical as it might have been. We make no accusation against the management of any one team, nor do we intend to specify...