Word: repast
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Then he says of the banquet: "The hall at Harvard is a truly noble building which under some stress was made capable of holding 1200 guests. The repast was simple in the extreme; there was no wine on the table and the eating was soon over. It was a refreshing contrast to the uncomfortable grandeur of English public dinners. The audience had come to listen and did not waste time needlessly! (This exclamation mark is our own.) There was no formality, cigars were speedily lighted and every one prepared to endure the speeches as long as speeches were forthcoming. Even...
...spacious banquet room of the Buffalo Club was brilliantly lighted and tastefully decorated. Potted plants were upon the table, and these were garnished with crimson ribbons in honor of the occasion. Quite an elaborate menu was presented, its promise being realized in a most appetizing repast...
...syllable of a lecture, and in fact notes thus taken are well nigh useless in review, the kernel bearing too small a proportion to the husk; generally, however, a careful note-taker will sift out of an hour's lecture a supply of kernels sufficient to make a delightful repast...
...thistles, nor acquire a ready style and ample vocabulary from constant application of the familiar, "What does the author attempt? Is the attempt worth while? Is the attempt successful?" These three phrases stand like ghouls at the mental feast of every wretched sophomore, and, with cruel knives carve his repast into morsels to suit themselves...
...President Eliot and James Russell Lowell, and at his left, Gov. Robinson and Vice-President Hendrick. The Phi Beta Kappa orator of the morrow, Hon. William H. Rawle, occupied a prominent seat, and notables were as numerous as is usual on such occasions. Well it was that the intellectual repast was of such a high order, for the viands, tho' choice, could be little enjoyed on account of the crowded condition of the hall. It was estimated that fully 1500 alumni were present. After struggling through this part of the feast, the lighter and more enjoyable portion came. Mr. Choate...