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Word: pay (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Captain relapsed into the quiet complacency of one who had a good story to tell to expectant listeners. "It was about twilight when we two - Jackson and I - set out on horseback from Rio Janeiro. We were going to pay a visit to an old friend of ours, Don Reggio, whose place was about twenty miles outside the city...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A GHOST STORY. | 6/17/1881 | See Source »

...students would be free from the annoyance of obtaining and handing in blue-books, and from the danger of forgetfulness or neglect; while the expense would be, at the worst, no greater than at present. This is the plan adopted at most colleges, excepting that the college governments pay the expenses, and we see no reason why the present awkward and complicated system should be longer continued at Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/3/1881 | See Source »

...whose permanent use the Dining Association obtained a regular agreement, was not included under his charge. Now what conceivable official connection can there be between the Bursar and the Board of Directors of the Dining Association, that would bring them under his sway? The Dining Association does not pay rent to the College, so that the Bursar, who, except in respect to the lecture halls, acts merely as a money agent, a convenience to transfer the rent to the owner of the property, would not have even the shadow of the control over them which he believes himself to possess...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/6/1881 | See Source »

...world is pitch and pay. - Henry...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 4/22/1881 | See Source »

...writer bases his estimate on the number of men taking scholarships in College, assuming, of course, that a student that applies for a scholarship cannot afford to pay $2.00 for a ticket to a play. About one-seventh of each class take scholarships, but about only one-half of the applicants are successful...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE GREEK PLAY. | 4/5/1881 | See Source »

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