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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Collier, of Penn Tan, N. Y., has been elected captain of the University crew...
...interesting, highly colored"; so that the "Boston Style is a phrase proverbially used to denote a florid, pompous manner of writing"; "from this ardor," too, "springs a pronunciation unusually rapid," contracting "two short syllables into one," and pronouncing words "terminating with a liquid, particularly with l, m, or n, in such a manner as to leave out the sound of the vowel: thus, Sweden, Britain, garden, vessel, are extensively pronounced Swed'n, Brit'n, gard'n, vess'l. The syllable ing they abbreviate into en. They also omit the aspirate in words beginning with wh; for example, wheat and wharf...
Never spend a cent that does n't show. Avoid tete-a-tete dinners, and expensive cigars, and all that sort of thing. Most people spend so much more than appears at first sight, that if you make what you pay out tell, you will get the credit of being vastly richer than you are. And keep your bills paid up. It is always easier to settle a small account than a large one, and if you pay your bills promptly you will not be so apt to have too much pocket-money, - which tempts a man to spend money...
Fowler, H. N., C. H. 62. March, C. D., 52 Brattle...
Stephens, N. J., 148 Mt. Au. Winlock...