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... side , but with a wide stretch quite over to Harvard Street of marsh land and huckleberry pasture , with chan- nels running through the thick growth of shrubs , often frozen in the winter , and on which we boys used to skate over the ...
... side , but with a wide stretch quite over to Harvard Street of marsh land and huckleberry pasture , with chan- nels running through the thick growth of shrubs , often frozen in the winter , and on which we boys used to skate over the ...
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... sides of the willow - bordered Turnpike , far up , nearly to the then noted Porter's Tavern , which gave its name in later days to Porter's , or North Cambridge , Station . ance . But I must return to Professors ' Row , in order to ...
... sides of the willow - bordered Turnpike , far up , nearly to the then noted Porter's Tavern , which gave its name in later days to Porter's , or North Cambridge , Station . ance . But I must return to Professors ' Row , in order to ...
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... side , till you came to the mansion of Judge Dana , which , set on a terrace , crowned the height , far higher than now , of Dana Hill . Beyond this was a short , solitary strip of road through rough pastures on either hand , as far as ...
... side , till you came to the mansion of Judge Dana , which , set on a terrace , crowned the height , far higher than now , of Dana Hill . Beyond this was a short , solitary strip of road through rough pastures on either hand , as far as ...
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... side , stood the University Press , then , or soon after , under the management of the cultivated gentle- man and scholar , Charles Folsom , whose admirable taste controlled the issues of the Press and secured for them a high reputation ...
... side , stood the University Press , then , or soon after , under the management of the cultivated gentle- man and scholar , Charles Folsom , whose admirable taste controlled the issues of the Press and secured for them a high reputation ...
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... side of their life and estate forces itself upon our notice . It was not all rude . Women were here , and children . There were pleasant homes and faithful friendships , and the days were not devoid of the things which brighten and ...
... side of their life and estate forces itself upon our notice . It was not all rude . Women were here , and children . There were pleasant homes and faithful friendships , and the days were not devoid of the things which brighten and ...
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Page 73 - So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart ; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel ; While the same plumage that had warmed his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast.
Page 38 - After God had carried us safe to New England, and we had builded our houses, provided necessaries for our livelihood, reared convenient places for God's worship, and settled the civil government, one of the next things we longed for and looked after was to advance learning and perpetuate it to posterity; dreading to leave an illiterate ministry to the churches, when our present ministers shall lie in the dust.
Page 87 - We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind : In the primal sympathy . Which having been, must ever be : In the soothing thoughts that spring Out of human suffering : In the faith that looks through death : In years that bring the philosophic mind.
Page 73 - That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high.
Page 97 - ... and have complied with the provisions of the statutes of this commonwealth in such case made and provided, as appears from the certificate of the president, treasurer and directors of said corporation, duly approved by the commissioner of corporations and recorded in this office: now, therefore...
Page 36 - Holy presence,) promise and bind ourselves to walk in all our ways according to the rule of the Gospel, and in all sincere conformity to His Holy ordinances, and in mutual love and respect to each other, so near as God shall give us grace.
Page 7 - Secretaries shall keep the records and conduct the correspondence of the Society and of the Executive Council and shall perform such other duties as the Council may assign to them.
Page 100 - The members of said board shall hold office for the term of one year and until their successors are elected and qualified.
Page 87 - Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower; We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind; In the primal sympathy Which having been must ever be; In the soothing thoughts that spring Out of human suffering; In the faith that looks through death, In the years that bring the philosophic mind.
Page 98 - Association, with the powers, rights, and privileges, and subject to the limitations, duties, and restrictions, which by law appertain thereto. Witness my official signature hereunto subscribed, and the seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts hereunto affixed this tenth day of December in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.