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With skates on his feet and a tail that twitches nervously, the Tiger at bay in Brooklyn awaits the attack of the University seven. Well may his tail twitch, too, for the veteran conquerors of the Blue plan to experiment in fancy knot tying with that caudal appendage, and to playfully add one more twist to that which the Bulldog gave it a short time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE TIGER AWAITS DEFEAT. | 2/21/1919 | See Source »

...Year," the "Falls of Niagara," and other kindred subjects; and ultimately you meet him in a small cabinet from which the staircase descends to an oubliette. You receive him with civility and extend your hand. He extends his hand in return. You seize him by the arm, twitch him suddenly around to the head of the staircase, apply the hobnailed shoe to his person, and send him flying down stairs into the oubliette. Then, after the noise of his fall is over, you rearrange your dress, ring for the butler, order a bottle of your best Old Madeira, - a wine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OSTRACISM AND OTHER THINGS. | 6/16/1876 | See Source »

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