Word: thought
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...understand," said No. 2, "that the Advocate is a much more literary periodical. The poetry published in its columns has been thought worthy of a reprint in book-form. That is the kind of paper I shall subscribe...
Turning to No. 3, I asked him what he thought about...
...last man I visited that night gave me his reasons for subscribing, and they seemed to be sound ones. "The boat-clubs, the ball nine, the foot-ball team, the goodies, the waiters, and the reading-room deserve some support from students, but the periodicals that discuss undergraduate thought and tell us what is going on around us merit the encouragement of all who are interested in anything outside of their own dinner or their own position on the rank list. As long as I am in college, I intend to take your paper, as well as the Advocate...
...critic in the Saturday Review little thought what distress he would cause among our "very English" students when he wrote the following about Professor Hill's Rhetoric: "Into the higher arts, whether of oratorical or literary expression, the author scarcely pretends to guide his pupils; and it is needless to say that American tastes in both departments differ so widely from those of the best English speakers and writers, that no aspirant to success in this country would look for instruction to a professor even of Harvard College...
...enjoy my peace of mind two hours. I had no sooner thrown myself on my lounge to think over my comfortable prospects, than I was startled by a tremendous yell of 'Jim' just outside my window. As my name happens to be Jim, I thought that there must be some very urgent need of me, and flung open the window just in time to hear a man in the fourth story begin a conversation with his friend below. It was carried on in a very loud and animated tone, and lasted about ten minutes. I consoled myself with the thought...