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...dawn's wet wreath of pearl...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ONE'S OWN. | 5/21/1880 | See Source »

...Sacramento, San Francisco! If zey talk less, zey would play better," said a gentleman with a wreath, which made him look most uncomfortable, without at all taking the place of a beaver as a head covering...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE HALL OF MEMORIES. | 2/20/1880 | See Source »

There, with a simple wild-flower wreath...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MYTHOLOGY. | 2/6/1880 | See Source »

While the holly-wreath and cross...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SONG OF THE DIG. | 1/9/1880 | See Source »

...SENSIBLE writer in the Exonian suggests the substitution of laurel-wreaths for other prizes at athletic contests, but he does so half jokingly, and wisely remarks that he fears the change is too radical. Seriously, would it not really be more satisfactory; a wreath can at any rate be consigned to the waste-paper basket; whereas the hideous silver-plated monstrosities which are now the reward of prowess are not to be got rid of by any amount of ingenuity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 10/11/1878 | See Source »

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