Word: mottoes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...blue field two eight-oared shells; in the fore-ground one with a crimson-shirted coxswain, and away off in the distance, just visible, the other boat with a blue-shirted coxswain. I should have for supports, two big subscription-books with 'Paid' written on them; and for a motto nine big Harvard 'Rahs.' There, Mr. President, that's about my size." This coat of arms was received with tumultuous cheers. When order was restored, the President called on the Swell man. "Mr. President - aw - I have thrown together - aw - a few ideas, which I 'll read...
...President, I would have on my shield a representation of Commencement Day, and I should be delivering the best speech given for years; on one side, supporting the shield, would be a degree, summa cum laude; on the other, the President handing me a tutorship in Greek; for a motto, 'Conquer the Greek particle...
...does not feel a thrill of pleasure on receiving a valentine? How carefully he opens the large envelope, with cupids and flowers stamped on it; how eagerly he tries to detect the disguised handwriting; how complacently he appropriates the pretty motto within, to himself! Appreciating the vividness of this pleasure, and wishing my best friends to enjoy it, I have sent the following valentines to those I am most interested in at present. The first was written with the sentiment briefly expressed on a postal card, and directed...
...What color is your hair? Is your motto "Never...
...thirty-six years of age, and that this work was only op. 9. It is essentially poetical and even dramatic in the intensity of emotion, keenly imaginative and wrought out in orchestration that is worthy of Wagner or Berlioz. Indeed, its intensity is perhaps too great to express its motto...