Word: ridiculouse
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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It would be considered a ridiculous proposition if any one should urge upon the students here to try to take possession of the caucuses in Cambridge, and swamp the regular politicians of the First Ward, and yet it is not merely possible, but quite likely, that such an attempt would...
But sometimes we receive articles the writers of which show marked ability, and handle their subjects with considerable skill; and are obliged to refuse them, because they are written upon matters which we cannot, as a college organ, publish. It is no small trial for an editor to be compelled...
I would not be quoted by any religious weekly whatsoever as asserting that unbelief and immorality prevail at Harvard. Nor do I believe that any other college offers greater security against the evils I have mentioned. And for this it is not the government of our colleges which is mainly...
Nov. 5. Father says I am spending too much money, - absurd! of course, he wants his son to live like a gentleman, - and, if I am going to be sick so much, it might be cheaper to retain a physician by the year, or leave college. How ridiculous! Summoned by...
It may be objected that the English language is no more peculiar in its sounds than any other; and certainly a man is inclined to find any language surprising and ridiculous which is not his own. This point is well illustrated by Montesquieu, who makes nis countrymen ask their visitor...