Word: pleasanter
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...flannel shirt and in new brown knickerbockers and stockings to match, he created quite a sensation. His clean things, in comparison with the rough boating jerseys and dirty football trousers, made him conspicuous. In fact, Ferdy wished he were not quite so conspicuous, for it was n't pleasant to hear whispered remarks about "Freshy's telegraph poles," and "Freshy's leg is as big at the ankle as it is at the hip," and one fellow wanted to know which was his back and which was his chest. This last witticism almost brought the tears to Ferdy's eyes...
...journey was pleasant, we got here last night...
...chaffed him in his pleasant...
...were drunk, among them, "The Annex," and songs were given by various gentlemen. Altogether, the dinner passed off very enjoyably, and many gentlemen expressed the hope that the custom might be continued in the future, not only as being an additional incentive to the crews, but as affording a pleasant opportunity of reuniting...
...Yale Lit. is very pleasant reading, after its rampant fellow-collegian. One of its poems, a little song called "Only," is pretty, and all the prose articles are good and well done. The best of them seems to us to be the one on that perennial question "What do we come here for?" entitled "An 'Immortal's' Experience...