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...Double basses, 1 Bass trumpet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/3/1882 | See Source »

...dinner was then given in honor of his memory, and by the sale of tickets, funds for this statue were raised. Great disputes arose about the affair, however, and the monument was sent here for safe-keeping." Near by was a machine like a coffee-mill, with a trumpet-shaped mouth. "This," said my friend, 'is the great Tunnylaff or Marking-machine. It is in use in the Great College at America. A student's name is put in the hopper, the wheel is turned, and the mouth immediately speaks a number, which is the distinguishing mark of the student...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AT INFINITY. | 5/19/1881 | See Source »

...gentle rap. His door opens slowly, and an ear-trumpet is thrust in. Attached to the little end is a proctor (proctors always come out at the "little end of the horn"). He said, "Too much noise - your name, Mr. Persimmons, please - report - Dean - to-morrow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TOOTSY SWIDGER'S VISIT TO CAMBRIDGE. | 3/25/1881 | See Source »

...horse at the trumpet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE RETURN FROM ELBA. | 4/9/1875 | See Source »

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