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...there was a large park not far off, and in it a course had been made, in length about eight stadia; there, then, the youths were about to celebrate their games, having appointed stewards and judges, in order that, going thither, they might preside over them; and the general remained at the gate, taking tickets...
...Senator Bayard said that the man who made the phrase 'Pleasures that come unlooked for are twice welcome,' was never called upon suddenly to make an after-dinner speech. His steps had been bent thither by invitation of one of the societies, before whom on the morrow he might perhaps say something in response to the heavy idea of the toast. If pleasures unexpected were twice welcome, so indeed were distinctions and honors, and of them he had just tasted. Coming there, an interested and sympathetic auditor of their exercises, he did not know that an honored degree...
...ROOM has been hired for the use of the University Crew on Brighton Street. The hydraulic rowing-machines have been removed thither from the Gymnasium, and other necessary apparatus has been put in. The candidates for the crew begin practice in this room...
Each blast from diverse distance thither faring...
...that they were everywhere treated with that charming courtesy and old-time hospitality that belong so exclusively to the gentle-folk of good old England. The following morning the team and their friends were invited to be present at a fox-hunt at Outremont; accordingly they proceeded thither, and were treated to a spectacle not to be exceeded in interest even by the colored prints that adorn so many of our college rooms. The "meet" took place within the grounds of a gentleman's place, and nothing could be more picturesque than the sight of the large pack of hounds...