Word: motley
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...country's flag as the fair guerdon of a night raid. But we are very loth to think for a moment that such is the case. Indeed, evidences seem to point in much the opposite direction. Not for many years has there been gathered in the city so motley an assemblage as last Monday evening witnessed filling the streets. But that we may not unjustly charge others with that which may be nearer home, we trust for the good name of the university that any reparation possible will now be made, and made at once...
...they occur to us, it appears that Irving, Poe, Cooper and Whittier are almost the only names of men of the first rank who did not have a college education. Bryant began a college course, but was compelled to discontinue it. Longfellow, Hawthorne, Holmes, Emerson, Thoreau, Willis, Prescott, Bancroft. Motley, the two Danas, were all college...
...cabin on the Thames, they are visited by a considerable number of people, and they also always visit New London once or twice. I think that most Harvard men would like to see the crew which represents them, presenting rather a more uniform appearance than if clad in the motley garb which would result from each man wearing whatever clothes he happened to have in his possession...
...made the Old South Church their riding school, this book was taken from the antiquary room of the Old South. No trace of it since was discovered till towards the middle of this century, when it was found in the library of the Bishop of London, at Fulham. Mr. Motley, when he was minister to England, attempted to recover the book, but was unsuccessful. A copy of it, however, was made for America, and this has been published. The original is still in the library at Fulham. It may be recovered eventually, but an act of Parliament will be needed...
...Many members of the class, thinking this amount too great to expend for a frolic have refused to enter the procession, which, for this reason, is likely to be a smaller one than in any previous year. Others do not approve of uniforms, who think that the motley appearance of the Harvard squad, when each person provided his own rigout, was the unique feature and great attraction of previous processions. When the committee was appointed to provide uniforms, many in the class supposed that hats, torches and perhaps a few class colors were all that was intended, while others supposed...