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...disappointment that he had not seen the philosopher; but before he had taken many steps this feeling began to yield to the sudden admiration he conceived for Tue. In truth, though prouder beauties might for the moment eclipse her, one who could see her at her best would not prefer the favor of the gayer fair. Ching sat heedless of the flight of time, until he at last looked up and saw Mnag returning. He had now no reason for consulting the philosopher; he therefore took a rather incoherent leave of the girl, and started for his home...
...been suggested to me that eleven hands is short measurement for a horse. Perhaps the gentleman rode a hobby. I prefer the other point of view, that is to say. I maintain that he used a pony, though of which kind I confess I cannot determine, whether to expedite mental processes or to cheer the heart...
...secure the College from any possibility of loss; the limit might be half of the bond required of the student. Even if the Bursar were to charge something for checks cashed, it might be made less than the bank requires, or, even if as great we would all prefer the College to make even such small profit than that the bank should. To be sure, the discount is very small, but when one has to cash many checks the amount lost in a year is considerable; therefore we recommend this to the consideration of the financial managers of the Bursar...
...accommodations given to the students of speaking this year. Can it be that President Eliot has no very high estimate of the study of elocution? or does he regard the great impetus that has been given to it lately by the students themselves as a mere ephemeral matter? We prefer to believe that it was oversight on the President's part that led him to overlook a study in which more than one hundred and seventy-five men are directly interested, and we hope that he will speedily turn his attention to bettering the existing conditions...
...rhymes of this Charlestown singer. According to some of these, "Solomon Grundy" is an epitome of Shakspere's seven ages of man. Another has found a foreshadowing of homoeopathy in the story of the man who sought in brambles a cure for wounds received from brambles. But I prefer to take what the lively bird gives us in its simplicity. What a large class of our fellow-beings is represented by "Tommy Tittlemouse," who "caught fishes in other men's ditches"! Many of us go even further, and, not content with the ditch of another, we seize his hand, make...