Word: said
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...must be kept from all risk of loss, and costly bindings unfit for careless use. The wisdom of forbidding the circulation of such books is evident. But the source of complaint lies not in these, but in certain books of questionable character which the Library council prudishly, it is said, keep under lock and key, thus depriving us of man's peculiar distinction, - the knowledge of good and evil. Some books may have been put under restriction rather hastily. Walt Whitman was in disgrace, though, to our minds, reading his verses, if a crime, is in itself sufficient penance...
...WILL you go to the opera?" asked my chum. "No; it is too expensive," said I. "Well, then, come along, and I'll show you an exhibition that has just opened; cheap as dirt." So saying, he pulled me out of the room. We walked along till we reached a spacious building which had bulletins posted up: "The Carnival of Electives, admission $1.00. Soft Electives in the Gallery." I entered, and saw booths arranged along both sides of a huge hall. There was one representing a Greek house; within were seen various groups in Greek costume; in one corner Homer...
...said the other, "I must study," and he began to repeat a list of the Popes. "Besides," he added, "here is a quotation from Pope that Macaulay says every one knows by heart, and I must learn...
...usually steady Junior class are said to be cutting recitations to such an extent as to seriously alarm the Faculty. The cause of this delinquency is the feeling which finds a vent in the remark, What is the good of having voluntary recitations if we do not use them? Using voluntary recitations, however, does not consist in cutting unnecessarily; that is abuse. The privilege is given us in order that we may judge for ourselves when it is necessary to absent ourselves, and we certainly ought to be capable of judging. But if we do not follow the dictates...
Every branch of Athletics is now so quiet that nothing of interest can be said or written. The New York Athletic Club held two days' sport at Gilmore's Garden, New York, but the times made were poor, and the races devoid of any particular interest. The mile-run was won in 4 min. 52 1/2 sec. (we think) by a man with 58 yards' start, which would make him about as good as 5 min. or 5 min. 2 sec., for the full distance. The times made in the bicycle race were very poor, one two-mile heat being...