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Just at the age 'twixt boy and youth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: How English is Taught. | 6/3/1885 | See Source »

...Twixt a swing and a swagger...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A NEW SONG FOR HARVARD. | 5/8/1883 | See Source »

...school, his hold on the rectorship is certainly feeble. Like Tantalus, he reached out after fruit which has constantly cluded his grasp. Like the Samian king, he left a cup untasted to pursue game he failed to secure, and has verified the proverb, 'There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.'" The return of the editors of the Academica is hailed with delight by the whole college...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A VICTORY FOR STUDENTS. | 1/28/1882 | See Source »

...Twixt earth and heaven fluttering...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SYMPATHY. | 11/25/1881 | See Source »

There's many a slip twixt the heel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES LEFT OVER FROM A FORMER ADVOCATE. | 1/14/1881 | See Source »

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