Word: mothers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...said that Prof. Gosse of Cambridge University, England, who will lecture here this evening, has never attended school or college, but was educated at home, under the careful supervision of his mother, a lady of rare culture and force of character. Under these circumstances his appointment to the chair of English literature at Cambridge was an honor almost unprecedented, and proves conclusively his great ability...
...auxiliary course to the English department begins to day. and promises to be of much practical benefit to the students. It is a voluntary course in the reading aloud of our mother tongue, an art in which many otherwise well educated men are sadly deficient. The instruction will be given by Mr. Edward Cummings, A. B, a member of the Divinity School. The prospectus of the course in detail is as follows. There will be three sections, each of which will meet twice a week at the following hours: Section A, Mondays and Wednesdays, from 12 to 1; section...
...Harrow, he says, are "the chief exponents of the game wherein kicking alone is allowed as a means of propulsion." Eton "plays a hybrid game in two different ways, 'at the Wall' and 'in the Field,' the latter being a sort of mixture of both kinds of play." Mother Eton has been a good deal harried and mocked in these latter times, poor thing ! But surely so baseless an imputation as this has never yet been cast upon her. We had always thought the game as played in "the Field" at Eton was the purest form of football known...
...SALE-4 St. Bernard dog pups, 6 weeks old, warranted fine stock. The sire a prize. The mother imported from Tete Hoire by the present owner. The sire, mother and pups, may all be seen. Those wishing to purchase the dogs may call at 78 Mt. Auburn st, between 2 and 3 o'clock today or at 12 Thursday...
Reuben Whipple Lovering, the only child of Reuben and Martha Lovering, was born at Hillsboro' Bridge, New Hampshire, Dec. 9, 1862. While he was still a small boy, his father died; and the education of the son devolved upon the mother, who in spite of numerous difficulties, devoted herself to the task with the zeal and energy a boy of such rare promise deserved. Having completed the course in the Hillsboro' High School, he went for two terms to Tilton Academy. In Sept., 1877, he entered the junior class in Phillips Exeter Academy ; and, though not yet sixteen years...