Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...critic, speaking of the Boston Ideals, says that the company are too familiar, and introduce too much extravagant by-play; they seem to be constantly thinking of "Pinafore...
Oscar Wilde found out in two days what our college boys seem to be in ignorance of, that very few of the cigarettes in this country are fit to smoke. And yet they foolishly set him down for a flat. - [Post...
Very few of the business enterprises of undergraduates have ever yet made much of a success financially. Cases that seem to be exceptions to this statement have succeeded always for some exceptional reason; either because of extraordinary enterprise on the part of their projectors, or for outside support, or because of the friendly interest of associates, a few have prospered, and although it must be confessed that this lamentable fact is often due to the inertness and indifference of those who should be chiefly interested and would be most benefitted by student enterprises, yet it is unfair...
...winter riding, an asserted that he found very little difficulty in making fair time on the snow. Winter riding on a bicycle may be enjoyable to some, but we must confess a weakness for a sleigh. Numb fingers, slippery going, and frequent and unavoidable falls and dismounts do not seem to us the most enjoyable features of bicycling. Winter, in our opinion, is the time to give the bicycle a rest and to be contented with the old-fashioned sleigh. Bicycling in the proper seasons is a most healthful exercise and a very fascinating manner of progression...
...told that they had not been sent to college to spend a large portion of their time in the " - House," he would probably have said, "Oh, that is a different thing." There are others who say that they do not want any Harvard trade at all, but nevertheless they seem very anxious to obtain it if they can do so without making any return for it. Taken as a whole the advertisers who patronize our papers are the most reliable firms in Boston. Many advertise simply because they wish to support our college enterprises, and not because they expect...