Word: particularity
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...about forty of which are heliotype-photographs, all numbered and arranged in the order of the text and of the route laid out on the key-plan. The revision of the text has been made by the officers in charge of the various departments, and is trustworthy in every particular. "Harvard and its Surroundings." By Moses King. 100 pp. 70 illustrations. Cloth, $1.50; paper...
Hitherto much annoyance and excessive charges have arisen when students were required to obtain foreign books. Hereafter students who patronize King's book-store will probably find a revolution in this particular, for Mr. King will endeavor to give the very lowest terms possible, and by importing his books directly from the European publishers he will be able to get desired books at the earliest moment and at the smallest cost. Next autumn he will have on hand at all times the catalogues of the various publishers of Europe and America, so as to be able to give to callers...
...their number. The defendants' counsel urged chiefly that the bill should be dismissed because it was too frivolous to be entitled to the attention of the court. This view the counsel on the other side contested, urging that the object of the suit was an article of special and particular value, and that the suitors, both in age and intelligence, were entitled to the respect of the court. Decision was reserved...
...writing of themes and forensics. Under the new disposition of matters, however, men will be able and glad to anticipate a large amount, if not all, of the work that is necessary to make the writing on assigned subjects of the greatest possible good, and, what is of particular moment, this can be done without any expenditure of the only too short nine months of the regular academic year...
...funny man of the Times thus moralizes over Dr. Schliemann's recent discoveries: "When Dr. Schliemann digs for any particular thing, whether it is a city, a tomb, or a set of jewelry, he is morally certain to find it. He dug for Noah's ark in the Hill of Hissarlik, and he found it on the second day, not more than seventy feet below the surface. Later excavations have laid bare the entire ark, though, thanks to the great discoverer's precaution in putting a board fence around it and in compelling his workmen to dig with their eyes...