Word: spoons
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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BOSTON MUSEUM. - "The Silver Spoon." Performance...
BOSTON MUSEUM. - "The Silver Spoon." Performance...
BOSTON MUSEUM. - "The Silver Spoon." Performance...
BOSTON MUSEUM. - "The Silver Spoon." Performance...
...possible of his researches, drinks his sugar and water, and retires as rapidly and mysteriously as he entered, by the same small back door. The near approach of a professor is invariably heralded by an attendant who places upon his desk a tray with decanter of water, tea-spoon, goblet and three lumps (never more) of sugar. The College de France, founded by Francis I. in 1530, was entirely rebuilt at different times between 1611 and 1774, and extended in 1831. Over the entrance the inscription, "Docet Omnia," indicates that its sphere embraces every branch of science and literature...