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Word: thering (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1873-1873
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The anxious fears entertained during his illness for his recovery were only too sadly confirmed by his death, intelligence of which was first conveyed to the students by the touching words which fell from the lips of our Chaplain. The depression of spirits which has overspread society in consequence of...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AGASSIZ. | 12/19/1873 | See Source »

There is also a superfluity of figurative language in some poems which is sometimes so frequent as to obscure rather than to illustrate the thought. Being struck by a particularly poetical idea, the author writes a poem to display it, but commonly the thought which constitutes the subject is contained...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A WORD ABOUT POETRY. | 12/19/1873 | See Source »

How many sonnets and odes are there in which we have to wander through endless similes and comparisons to reach a point which is generally blunted by the very additions which are meant to adorn it! It is undeniable that a certain amount of figurative language is beautiful in a...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A WORD ABOUT POETRY. | 12/19/1873 | See Source »

Mr. W. N. Swift was chosen Chairman and Mr. Harwood Secretary of the meeting. After voting that the term of office end with the beginning of the next Academic year, the Class proceeded to elect the following officers, using the check-list: Captain of the Crew, Mr. W. J. Otis...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevities. | 12/19/1873 | See Source »

Is there any rule of morals, or even a sophistical argument by which it can be proved that a promise made to the editor of a college paper is to be broken if possible?

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevities. | 12/19/1873 | See Source »

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