Word: upon
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...encroachments of the French Monarchy upon Feudalism in the later Middle Ages...
...address finished with some remarks upon friendship and the lack of it in college life; Mr. Higginson's friend-commemorating gift of the Soldiers Field as a play ground for the University; and a reference to the speech made by Mr. Higginson in gift of that field to the College, in Sever Hall, five years ago. The usual illustrative reading was made up last evening of selections from "In Memoriam," and the speech just spoken...
...committee was appointed to investigate the subject and report upon it at a meeting to be held later in the year...
Thomas Jefferson at an early period mastered a system of education for Virginia but he only established what we might call the steeple of the church without the church. He nevertheless woke up a band of thoughtful men in the South who believed in and later acted upon his ideas. The Civil War prostrated all educational plans completely and from 1860-1870 the Southern States were more lacking in schooling than any other people in the world within the last fifty years. When the war finally ended colleges and academies immediately sprung up, but nobody could afford to send their...
Angelique falls in love with Cleante, a handsome young fellow, but is dismayed to learn that her father has promised her hand to a young doctor, Diafoirus. Argan is bent upon getting a doctor into the family, as it would be so economical and convenient, but the stepmother, Beline, naturally opposes any marriage, with a sharp eye for Argan's money...