Word: old
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...soon in one of the buildings outside of the Yard, and I strayed into the room of an old friend...
...Hallo, old man!" he shouted, slapping me on the back, "subscribe? Not much; I read the Senator's copy." He called his chum "Senator" to gratify an abnormally developed fondness of nicknames. "Off? Sorry, Jack, but it 'll be all right in the spring...
ENTRANCE CONDITIONS. - Examinations in French, German, Modern and Physical Geography, and Physical Science (Old Method) will be held at the close of the Christmas Recess...
PATRONIZING OLD GENTLEMAN (to a doting mamma). So I suppose this little fellow is going to Harvard one of these days...
Thursday evening and Saturday afternoon they played "Rumplestiltskin," a musical burlesque founded on Grimm's well-known fairy-tale. Mr. Sprague, as the indigent old king, proved to be the central figure, and sang several comic songs in that irresistible manner so peculiarly his own. Mr. Austin, as the festive miller, presented a pleasant picture of rustic jollity, and was very successful in his two songs. Mr. Twombley played and dressed the part of the miller's wife excellently, and his song in the prison scene was received with great applause. Mr. Bowen as the Princess found rather small scope...