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...cliquish; even Doggy can't prove the contrary, though he says there's no reason why Quiet, whom no one ever notices, should n't enjoy college; and we have a great many cliques, and very narrow ones. In each class there are one or two swell cliques, devoted to lawn-tennis and clothes; an athletic set, who spend hours in exercise of various sorts, and the rest of their time in feeling each other's muscles, and reading the "Spirit of the Times"; a studious crowd, to which no man is admitted whose average is n't over...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COLLEGE FRIENDSHIP. | 12/6/1878 | See Source »

...eleven the same ignorant creatures who get to the theatre early rush home again. You, of course, will always take a little supper at Ober's, and then one of the late cars; the company is not, generally, quiet or perfectly select, but you will always find a few "swell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HORSE-CARS. | 11/8/1878 | See Source »

Sophomores - Swell cartes-de-visite, fancy monograms, bills of fare, club programmes, menus...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 7/3/1878 | See Source »

Whose list new conquests daily swell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PARAPHRSE FROM HORACE. | 4/5/1878 | See Source »

...swell the lateen-sail, that would away...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LAKE LEMAN. | 2/23/1878 | See Source »

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