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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Carlyle's laugh and other surprises 2 0 Browse Search
Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe, Florence Howe Hall, Julia Ward Howe, 1819-1910, in two volumes, with portraits and other illustrations: volume 1 2 0 Browse Search
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Jula Ward Howe, Reminiscences: 1819-1899, Chapter 18: certain clubs (search)
l potatoes; how to enlarge the eyes. An essay on rhinosophy was given by Fanny Fern, the which I, chalk in hand, illustrated on the blackboard by the following equation— Nose + nose + nose = proboscis Nose — nose — nose = snub. A class was called upon for recitations from Mother Goose in seven different languages. At the head of this Professor Goodwin, then and now of Harvard, honored us with a Greek version of The Man in the Moon. A recent Harvard graduate recited the following:— Heu! iter didulum, Felis cum fidulum, Vacca transiluit lunam, Caniculus ridet Quum talem videt, Et dish ambulavit cum spoonam. The question being asked whether this last line was in strict accordance with grammar, the scholar gave the following rule: The conditions of grammar should always give way to the exigencies of rhyme. A supposed graduate of the department of law coming forward to receive her degree, was thus addressed: Come hither, my dear little lamb, I welcome you to a long career