Word: patronizing
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...political writer in favor of the whigs. His wit and force made him formidable so that, when be turned to the town, he was received with open arms. He became the intimate friend of the great ministers, was of the highest consequence in the state, and the patron of all literary...
...decrease was due to an assessment made necessary by reason of the business not yet being firmly established. The membership of this college year up to January, as the table shows, is largest, and numbers President Eliot for the first time as a patron...