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...been frightened off by a well aimed inkstand, might have succeeded in his very natural desire to nip the Reformation in the bud by carrying off Luther himself. Later on, about the end of the 18th century, the same Devil appeared to have become such a very active mover in the world, that he inspired a number of very similar poems among English poets. Coleridge, Byron, and Shelley all wrote short satires on English society founded on the same idea, that of the Devil visiting "his nice little farm the earth to see how his stock gets on," in which...
...second-hand furniture belonging to members. Blanks to be filled out with a list of the articles to be put on sale can be had at the office. Goods will not be considered as accepted by the society until these lists are signed by the superintendent. A furniture mover has agreed to move all goods to and from the old gymnasium for twenty-five per cent. less than he will charge other parties for the same work, the orders to be left at the office for him. Members are to pay the expense of moving, and in order that...
THERE has actually been an athletic meeting at the Seminary of Our Lady of Angels, and, stranger still, the Index was a prime mover in getting it up. What, what are we coming to? Was it not the Index which only last year was so virtuously indignant at the attention paid to athletics at Harvard and Yale? And now they have gone and had a meeting of their own, and found it not so bad after all. One Reverend gentleman acted as Referee and others presented prizes, one of which was in the substantial form of a barrel of apples...