Word: nearing
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...shows commendable tact and judgment in not citing more of this astrologer who dabbled in poetry. However, being unable myself to read Persian, it is impossible to judge the accuracy of Mr. Fitzgerald's translation; but certainly in its English garb it approaches, with some notable exceptions, about as near to the boundary of stuff and nonsense as any poetry ever written. I have attentively read Mr. Fitzgerald's translation of Khayyam and Mr. Herman Bickwell's translation of Hafiz, published in 1875 by Trubner Bros., London, and either my judgment is at fault, or the name of Khayyam ought...
...STANDING near the Seaside" we dare not publish. Just think of afflicting our patient readers with such sentimental pathos as the following...
...slight eminence known as "Quarry Hill," lying directly in the path of one walking - short cut - from Tufts College to Old Cambridge. First a windmill, then a powder-magazine, it has felt the shock of revolution, and seen almost two centuries with their generations pass away. As we stand near its crumbling walls, our thoughts wander back more than a century ago, to the days of the good Queen Anne and the Georges, when the long arms of its fan turned merrily in the wind, and the early farmers for many miles around sent their grists there after harvest-time...
...Pastolus comes from Seminary Hill, Montpelier, Vt., and informs us that "who will be our next President is a question of the greatest moment." We find valuable information concerning some of the Presidential candidates, and we learn that "the time for the Grand Centennial Exposition is drawing near." Finally, this humble statement: "If you wish for facts we would refer you to future numbers of the Pastolus." But much as we desire "facts," we must decline to exchange with the oracle of Seminary Hill...
...natural result. Almost every paper speaks of it. The price of the board was extortionate, and the quality was very poor. The meat was sent from the West to Harvard in barrels. From other sources we learn that the meat was bought of a certain landowner or farmer near a place called Fort Sill. Great corruption at one time prevailed in regard to this meat-supply, and one of the highest officials of the national government was involved...