Word: must
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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ALMOST every one, in reading Macaulay, must have been struck by the numerous allusions to an imaginary school-boy, who is called upon to refresh the memory of the reader upon subjects as widely different as the date of a king of England, the construction of a Greek play, or the theory of government. I have always had a great reverence for this imaginary personage, whom I think as badly treated as was the famous Mr. Blank, mentioned in the Spectator...
...said the other, "I must study," and he began to repeat a list of the Popes. "Besides," he added, "here is a quotation from Pope that Macaulay says every one knows by heart, and I must learn...
...practised with a view of supplying their places; so the loss of these players was almost equivalent to the loss of the championship. It is not the fault of the crew that this is the state of affairs, and while we regret their departure we must blame only ourselves...
...quiet house in Cambridge where I can pass my last two years at the Law School in peace? I don't want to go more than three miles away; I will not go where there is a musical instrument (masculine, feminine, or neuter), and the rules of the house must prohibit duns, pedlers, subscription agents, editors, and, in short, everybody. I don't think I exact too much; at least my instructors (to whom I refer) never thought me much too exact at recitations...
...entered college; on the contrary, I was full of love and sympathy for my fellow-man. It is only the constant persecution of my brother-students that has brought me so low. Why, I even envy President Eliot's immunity from contact with the students, and think Adam must have had a jolly time until Mrs. Adam (his Eve-il genius) put in an appearance...