Word: sets
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...fours and sixes; now they have deserted these posts, where as much energy is needed as the College can supply, for a sport that will do themselves little physical good, and can never reflect any credit on the College. Is it not a pity that serious Athletics should be set aside by able-bodied men for a game that is at best intended for a seaside pastime? The game is well enough for lazy or weak men, but men who have rowed or taken part in a nobler sport should blush to be seen playing Lawn Tennis...
...SHUFFLING in the hall, a knock at my door, "Come in," and in comes Nicholas. He has a pair of bright black eyes, a glistening set of teeth to relieve a dark Italian complexion, and a rich mass of unkempt hair. Nicholas's vocation is candy-selling, but he does not confine himself to this vocation solely. On bright days he is to be found in the streets of Boston, singing to the accompaniment of an organ carried by his father...
...undergraduate. This is a point that we wish to make perfectly clear to all, and when this position is understood, men will recognize that it is one of some difficulty. To obviate all trouble and misunderstanding for the future, the Athletic Association will publish shortly a complete set of rules and regulations printed in the form of a small book, a copy of which will be given to each member of the Association. When this is done there can be no confusion possible, and it is only a matter for regret that this step had not been taken sooner...
...first place, we took it for granted that good part-singing needed nothing to recommend it, and that most people enjoyed it. We see now that our assumption was a false one, for "L." apparently thinks that a Glee Club, if it is to succeed, must have a set of reasons drawn up to justify its existence...
...read the New York Ledger, and soon determined to write instead a sensational novel of the highest order, which should reveal all the wickedness of a great city. To be sure, he had never been in a city; but genius will readily overcome such minor difficulties, so he set boldly to work. Perhaps the following extract will show more clearly than any description can the force and dramatic power of his work...