Word: reigns
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first of a series of Arabic readings, given by Mr. J. R. Jewett, of the Semitic department, took place in Sever 11 last night. The subject was a historial novel called "Antar, a Bedouin Romance," written during the reign of Haroun all Raschid, and, as it is 4,000 pages long, only selected translations could be given. This poem depicts the wild life of the desert, such as the Iliad affords us of the life of the ancient Greeks. Antar was a real character, and his fame as a warrior and poet was long preserved by tradition. Singlehanded...
Later in the evening the roughs ran the bon-fire and threatened to rush the students off Jarvis Field. If the reign of the Cambridge roughs has begun, I congratulate myself that this is my last year at college. One recalls with regret the days when the policing of the yard was under the supervision of the class of '85, when although the mucker was not excluded from the yard, rough element was suppressed and kept quiet...
Back nets have appeared on Holmes field, and the heart of the tennis player is glad, while the "shack" wanders disconsolately through the yard. His reign has been brought to a sudden end by the awakening of the Tennis Association. We extend our thanks to that worthy institution...
...sought only to be true to his political principals, was brought to the place where God's best thought for him and the country was made fruitful. Illustrations of this same truth can be drawn from literature. Byron refused to bow to the moral order. He tried to reign supreme in the kingdom of the poetry of pleasure. The world has begun to pass him by. Milton faithfully devoted himself to the service of his country. He would write to express the truth. Ten dollars was the immediate reward of "Paradise Lost," but his present lasting glory has been...
...when they began to build palaces, they intended them to be a lasting and glorious monument of their reign. The Assyrians were impressed with a great historic sense and they wanted their monuments to last on forever, that future generations might know their power...