Word: steyning
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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...Pickwickians first meet Mr. Alfred Jingle, and "The Cratchets' Christmas Dinner"; from Henry Esmond, the part in which Lady Castlewood explains to Lord Hamilton Esmond's right to be present at the marriage of Beatrix; and from "Vanity Fair," the passage in which Rawdon Crawley surprises Becky with Lord Steyn; "The Cane-Bottom Chair," "The Age of Wisdom" and "The End of the Play...
...thought you might be pleased, or at all events interested, to learn that at least one Harvard man is fighting with the British out here. Your humble servant belongs to the first Canadian contingent and has seen considerable scrapping so far with Steyn and Oom Paul's legions, but thus far has been unhurt, I must try to attend my next class dinner (D. V.) and compare notes with my classmates who have fought the Spaniards and Filipinos. You ought to see me now in tattered, soiled khaki uniform, nearly as brown as a Negro and as tough...