Word: naming
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...have been distinguished for hard study. The following conversation is recorded: Crossing the College Yard one afternoon to breakfast at the "Holly Tree" (then a mere log cabin), after he had been at Cambridge for about a month, he was confronted by the then Registrar, Cusset Jeremy Whitcombe by name, who said, "Brown, I shall be obliged to send you a Private and Public at once, next a Special, and the week after a Suspension, - so I 'd advise you to make the most of your time...
...thought you had no name," said I to Macaulay's creation...
...Well, what is your name?" I inquired of the new-comer...
...moment we gazed at each other in silence; finally I asked, "What is your name...
...speaking of the boat-club theatricals recently given in New York, we should have mentioned the name of Mr. Nathaniel Curtis in connection with Mr. Sherwood's. The latter, it is true, composed a number of the songs, and contributed to the success of the performance by his acting; but the credit of having originated the undertaking, altered the play, and selected the company, belongs to Mr. Curtis. The omission was accidental, as it is well known in Cambridge that Mr. Curtis, though not occupying a prominent position at rehearsals, was the heart and soul of the enterprise...