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...never walk down there," the experienced bottom-saunterer continued. "I shove myself around on my stomach in ever widening circles--my technique would shame the most adroit pollywog. The clouds of mud I stir up make using a light about as useful as trying to shine it through a thick London fog. You can't see anything and if you're not careful to keep your suit full of air, you will squash up into your helmet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Chance Encounter With Underwater Damsel Produces Palpitating Pulse in Veteran Diver | 3/11/1935 | See Source »

...flimflam flopped from a fillimaloo, Where, the pollywog pinkled so pale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Children's Laureate | 1/11/1926 | See Source »

...north entry of Matthews the following assignment of rooms has been made: A. M. Vanderpoel, 9, 11 and 12; Hopefuls, 3 and 5; Beal, 13; Oedipus and Nicias, 25; Mumms, 29; John Smith II, 16; John Smith, 1; Quintus, 7; Black Cats, 6; Nicodemus, 17; H2S, 18; Pollywog, 15; Aristotle...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Junior Class Notice | 2/5/1912 | See Source »

...three selections of verse the best from a literary point of view is a sonnet entitled "Poetry," by Lauriston Ward. It is unconventional, has much freedom of movement and expresses the thought admirably. In a very different vein is "The Ballad of the Overconfident Pollywog," by F. R. DuBois. This "fable for Freshmen" is full of life, amusing, and all the better for being quite different from the usual run of Advocate verse. "Sunset in Penobscot Bay" by W. B. W. shows appreciation of nature and is written in a metre well adapted to the subject. The number closes with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The First Advocate, | 10/4/1900 | See Source »

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