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... ALUMNI 42 , 89 , 137 , 196 , 245 , 290 . EXCHANGES 46 , 93 , 141 , 199 , 247 , 294 , 343 . RIFF - RAFF - 48 , 98 , 144 , 249 , 299 . COLLEGE WORLD - 140 , 293. - COMMENCEMENT - 320 . " O NEW YORK FULLIC LIBRARY 165824A ASTOR , LENOX.
... ALUMNI 42 , 89 , 137 , 196 , 245 , 290 . EXCHANGES 46 , 93 , 141 , 199 , 247 , 294 , 343 . RIFF - RAFF - 48 , 98 , 144 , 249 , 299 . COLLEGE WORLD - 140 , 293. - COMMENCEMENT - 320 . " O NEW YORK FULLIC LIBRARY 165824A ASTOR , LENOX.
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... a learned discussion . The The many words and phrases differing from those previously employed and always arising in the commencement or in the sudden progress of a science at the rise of a great genius Estimate of Aristotle . 13.
... a learned discussion . The The many words and phrases differing from those previously employed and always arising in the commencement or in the sudden progress of a science at the rise of a great genius Estimate of Aristotle . 13.
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... commence the practice of the law . May all success attend him . If he is as successful in life as he was at College he will have small reason to complain . H. C. Getzendanner , A. B. '79 , B. L. '80 , is practising law at Lexington , Ky ...
... commence the practice of the law . May all success attend him . If he is as successful in life as he was at College he will have small reason to complain . H. C. Getzendanner , A. B. '79 , B. L. '80 , is practising law at Lexington , Ky ...
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... Commencement numbers no longer bore us with long addresses delivered before Alumni . Short essays and spicy versicles have taken their place . The Randolph Macon Monthly is rather above the average college journal , and throughout are ...
... Commencement numbers no longer bore us with long addresses delivered before Alumni . Short essays and spicy versicles have taken their place . The Randolph Macon Monthly is rather above the average college journal , and throughout are ...
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... commence their training , and look forward to their perform- ance as one of the most pleasant of the commencement features . The company should be encouraged in their work by the stu- dents at large . For the last year or two our ...
... commence their training , and look forward to their perform- ance as one of the most pleasant of the commencement features . The company should be encouraged in their work by the stu- dents at large . For the last year or two our ...
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Page 60 - What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! in form and moving how express and admirable! in action how like an angel! in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust? man delights not me; no, nor woman neither, though by your smiling you seem to say so.
Page 60 - I have of late (but wherefore I know not) lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises ; and, indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition, that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, — why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Page 22 - According to the tradition of his companions, Mahomet was distinguished by the beauty of his person, an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused. Before he spoke, the orator engaged on his side the affections of a public or private audience. They applauded his commanding presence, his majestic aspect, his piercing eye, his gracious smile, his flowing beard, his countenance that painted every sensation of the soul, and his gestures that enforced each expression...
Page 264 - Past, But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast, And the days are dark and dreary. Be still, sad heart ! and cease repining ; Behind the clouds is the sun still shining ; Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary.
Page 57 - Remember thee ! Yea, from the table of my memory I'll wipe away all trivial fond records, All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past, That youth and observation copied there ; And thy commandment all alone shall live Within the book and volume of my brain...
Page 54 - In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets...
Page 270 - As the husband is, the wife is; thou art mated with a clown, And the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down.
Page 102 - Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound Save his own dashings...
Page 271 - ... that comes to him, at eventide, from far-distant, undiscovered islands, over dim oceans, illimitable and unexplored. He owns it in all noble thoughts— in all unworldly motives — in all holy impulses — in all chivalrous, generous, and self-sacrificing deeds. He feels it in the beauty of woman — in the grace of her step — in the...
Page 153 - Gie me ae spark o' nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My muse, tho' hamely in attire, May touch the heart.