Word: rounds
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Guinevere. The two histories coincide only in regard to the birth of Arthur, the Roman Expedition, and the final battle; the first is almost entirely the life of Arthur alone, and in the second Lancelot is the chief figure, and more prominence is given to other knights of the Round Table and the search for the Sangreal...
...prominent is the crack whistler of the entry, who displays his musical tastes from the moment he enters the building until he slams his door, three flights up. His performance of the "Inman March" is something electrifying. Of late he has bestowed his energies on the funeral dirge in "Round the World in Eighty Days," and has brought it to such a state of perfection that one almost expects to see the Amazons, et catera, coming up the stairs. His audience fondly trust that some other equally classical air may soon take the place of this...
Stepping within the Tower through a narrow door, we find ourselves midst a pile of rotting beams and planks, in a small round chamber, and, looking upwards, see, through floor-openings, far into the dusky shadows of lofts above, whence - if the wind is high and night approaching - we fancy issue cries and moanings of a distressed maiden, as the wind rushes through the loopholes or rattles loose shingles about the roof. This old tower has, like all its brethren, a legend, which romantic visitors would do well to read...
...will say that we cheerfully yield on this point The foot-ball party are quite willing to make up their team from among the disappointed aspirants for the ball and boating laurels. What we do earnestly wish is to be allowed to play our little game all the year round, and to receive the good-will and support of the undergraduates. On these conditions the College may consider the foot-ball team pledged to work doubly hard, in spite of gloomy auspices, for the athletic honor of the University...
This soon brought matters to a head; the whole town broke out in revolt. The men assembled round an aged tree, called the Rebellion Tree, or the Charter Oak. Here they were taken command of by C. I. Washington. This leader is famous only for carrying a hatchet instead of a sword. The war raged violently for four or seven years, - accounts differ; during a battle in the town, Hollis Hall, one of the principal buildings, was burnt. The final battle was at a place that went by the name of "The Annuals." The government was completely defeated, and fell...