Word: morsel
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After the defeat of last year at the hands of Cornell, Saturday's overwhelming victory was a sweet morsel for Harvard men. It was evident throughout the game that Haughton once again is in command of his men. The result was a great tribute to a great leader, who has made Harvard proud of her place in the world of football. It was no less a tribute to the fighting team which has found itself. The odds against Yale begin to rise...
...Duffield's sketch of Sir John Suckling, one of the wits of the Elizabethan age, is sprightly and vivacious. The delectable bits of contemporary gossip, anecdote, and biography have all been culled and the result is a literary morsel appetizing to the lover of Herrick and kindred spirits, among whom Suckling holds a high rank...
...these guardians of the place seemed very wroth. But the first despatched him to the second, and the second to the first; and whilst they were dallying thus, Lighthead vanished through the door, leaving them still discussing which of them should feed upon him; for he was a fresh morsel...
...more sober plants of history and biography their fancy seldom leads them. The rich stores of Macaulay and Prescott lie too deep for their shallow taste. The sole care of these literary butterflies is to draw pleasure from the writings of other; that they never add the smallest morsel to the food of the reading world grieves them not in the least; nor do they mourn that they have planted no flowers to brighten the garden of literature with blossoms. They appear to have fed on lotus-flowers, so dulled are their senses to the duties and pleasures of labor...
...Billings. It matters little, however, whether we are able to discover the wit, so long as we are assured it is there. Why attempt to crack the nut, knowing, as we do, that the kernel is safely incased within; ten to one we shall find a shrivelled morsel for our pains. I learn from men of wisdom, - men who, by a theory of events, have ascertained to an hour the time of Homer's birth and death, - that the study of Aristophanes and other primitive pagans is calculated to elevate and purify the taste, to humanize our manners and conversation...