Word: sir
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...DEAR SIR - I have the acceptance of our challenge to you in my possession and at a meeting of the club held last night, we saw no reason why the games should not commence at once and would only offer the suggestion that the time limit be twenty-four hours, after receiving the opponent's move. Sundays shall count as no days and your mid-year examinations, also, if you so desire...
...DEAR SIR...
...Plato justified in thinking Dramatic Poetry injurious to his ideal State? (Plato; The Republic; Sir Philip Sidney; Defense of Poesie...
...Dear Sir - The subscription for the challenge chess cup has been completed and we are now having a design made for the cup. Will you kindly and without delay get the opinion of your chess club on all points of the tournament and give me a verdict of the same. The donors of the cup desire to give the same as much in conformity with the the desires of the undergraduates as possible...
...Dear Sir - The leading athletes (in England) are heartily supporting the idea and co-operating with me. The present president of the Oxford University Boat Club is particularly pressing that the Americans shall come in. I notice also that the leading Australian and South African papers heartily support this...