Word: said
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...COLLECTION of pictures to be sold at auction next week contains several interesting copies of old masters, and one or two paintings which are said to be originals by Paul Veronese...
...greater hope. The general tone of the College was never better. The whole tendency is one of increasing liberality toward the student. The consequence of which is a better understanding between the students and the instructors, that cannot but be productive of the best results. Indeed, it may be said that no one thing is of such vital importance to the well-being of an institution of learning, as perfect union of sympathy and purpose between instructors and instructed. This alone insures successful progress in the walks of learning...
...there is a very rare edition of Plautus, 1578. The collection contains autographs of Samuel Johnson, John Milton, Racine, Drummond, T. N. Taifourd, and S. T. Coleridge. "Comus, 1645," and "Paradise Lost, 1668," are probably copies of the first edition. The manuscripts in Mr. Sumner's library are said to be very valuable, but they are not yet unpacked...
...face than endure the foul breath of a smoker. . . . . A fine gentleman I would be, forsooth, to spit in your face; but if I've a good stomach and a tooth-brush, it's a deal cleaner than the breath from your beslimed mouth. . . . . A young lady said she would always live single and clean, rather than embrace the stench of the narcotic abomination." But enough. It is well for the writer to consider freedom from the habit of smoking so important a characteristic of gentlemen; as it is, evidently, his only...
...been repeatedly said since the discussion on currency began, that the perusal of the most elementary books on the subject would show the evil consequences of increasing the amount of paper money. If so, what excuse can any one have for advocating a plan which cannot but bring misfortune...