Word: witness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...correspondent of the Hartford Courant writes, commenting on Josiah Quincy's "Figures of the Past:" "There are many anecdotes of Mr. Quincy's wit and readiness of retort among us. One of these which perhaps your readers have not heard relates to his remark to his father, the president of Harvard College, when he (the younger Quincy) was elected president of the Massachusetts Senate. 'You preside over boys,' said he, 'but I over...
...Harvard-Oberlin foot-ball match played in dress-suits and presided over by the Rev. Howard Crosby. We know of no stronger argument for the institution of a reading room here than the opportunity that would thus be given to the whole college to enjoy such good-natured wit in common which now we can only peruse in secret...
...twenty Harvard reporters of the New York Sun" it is, we understand, who has displayed his ribald wit in the following licentious verses...
Thus are ended the teachings of Dr. Holmes as an anatomist, who has by his wit and humor made interesting and attractive the dry and repulsive study of anatomy, and who has by his kindness made his name dear to many a physician.-[Journal...
...foot-ball game at Cambridge the other day, the scoring was very inaccurate. The young gentlemen, when not otherwise engaged, spent their time in affectionate stroking of their upper lips, and yet the number of touchdowns reported was altogether insignificant. - [Ex.] The labored wit of the above is appalling. We hope it will not result seriously...