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Dates: during 1873-1873
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That he - alas! I hate to tell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "COLLEGE MAKES A MAN OR MARS HIM." | 2/7/1873 | See Source »

...Would tell to all her family round a tale...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DESCRIPTION OF FLORENCE. | 2/7/1873 | See Source »

THERE must have been something more than the wine-crackers at the bottom of it all, though I shall always maintain that they were very strong. To tell the truth, the Goody did say something the next morning about "thim nasty empty bottles" - "nasty" to her, I fear, because they were empty - and the broken glass trodden into the carpet. And as I think the matter over, I remember that Jones said something about its not being right to allow somebody to go to bed alone; that somebody chased Jones around the room, and finally threw a boot...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MY SPIRIT CHUM. | 2/7/1873 | See Source »

...tell you of the low trick played on a dun by my chum last year. My chum had been deluded enough to subscribe to one of those periodical editions of Don Quixote, under the pleasing belief that it would be a fine thing to acquire Cervantes in so cheap a manner. "Just think!" he said. "Only fifty cents to be paid each week. And, really, every fellow should own Don Quixote." Affairs went on smoothly for two or three weeks. The payments were prompt, and each number of the periodical was eagerly devoured. But at about the time mentioned...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DUNS. | 1/24/1873 | See Source »

Concerning news it is hard to say enough and not too much. The rights of the gossip must be held sacred, and it is unnecessary to trespass upon the domain of the childish. There is still room, however, to tell many things that should secure us the patronage of students and graduates. We cannot hope to excel the Advocate in our treatment of sporting matters; to equal it in this, and to supply a long-felt deficiency in other respects, are chief objects with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MAGENTA. | 1/24/1873 | See Source »

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