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...iiXfl* 56fforoj VOL. XXI WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS., MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1907 NO. 1 THE HATCHET BURIED Conclusion of Hostilities Be- tween the Classes of 1909 ... ...AMSTOWN, MASS., MONDAY, MARCH 18, 1907 NO. 1 THE HATCHET BURIED Conclusion of Hostilities Be- tween the Classes of 1909 and 1910 End of the March J7th... ...ED Conclusion of Hostilities Be- tween the Classes of 1909 and 1910 End of the March J7th Celebration —The Shirt-Tail Parade- Speeches of the Four Ora... ...nd 1910 End of the March J7th Celebration —The Shirt-Tail Parade- Speeches of the Four Orators on the Old Campus When the four olnsseB joined hands an... ...ege meetjng in Jesup Hall last Friday evening. Francis Bowes Sayre 1909 of South Beth- lehem, Pa., was elected assistant football manager on the first... ...ING CO. North Adams, flass. Agents and Collectors DURFEE'07&VANDECARR'09 8 SOUTH COLLEG* All laundry left where the collector can get it on Monday mor... ... will bo ilhistraterl with actual missionary experiences in tjie south sea islands. MONDAY, APRIL 8 p, m,—Triaf.s for iuterclass de biite, 'Techuian a... ...affected by this influence, and this is not- ably true in tlie case of the Islands of the South Sea. Attempts were made by Scottish missionaries to es... ...iiay evening. I'nif. Rice first spoke of Melos. in the centre of the lower Aegean. This island is second in interest only to Thera, and is riniowncd f...

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...Introduction: Much has been written about the chronology of Alexandrian literature and the famous Library, founded by Ptolemy Soter, but the dates of the chief writers are still matters of conjecture. The birth of Apollonius Rhodius is placed by scholars at various t...

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............................................................................................................................... 19 Oh! there are spirits of the air, ..................................................................................................................................... 19 TO WORDSWORTH. ................................................................

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...THE COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY VOLUME 2 OXFORD EDITION. INCLUDING MATERIALS NEVER ... ... 2 OXFORD EDITION. INCLUDING MATERIALS NEVER BEFORE PRINTED IN ANY EDITION OF THE POEMS. EDITED WITH TEXTUAL NOTES BY THOMAS HUTCHINSON, M. A. EDITOR ... ...OXFORD EDITION. INCLUDING MATERIALS NEVER BEFORE PRINTED IN ANY EDITION OF THE POEMS. EDITED WITH TEXTUAL NOTES BY THOMAS HUTCHINSON, M. A. EDITOR OF ... ...ORD WORDSWORTH. 1914. A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, Volume One is a public... ............................................... 206 FRAGMENT: THE LADY OF THE SOUTH. ....................................................................... ... of Seneca and Livy. In English, Milton’s poems, Wordsworth’s “Excursion”, Southey’s “Madoc” and “Thalaba”, Locke “On the Human Understanding”, Bacon’... ...r murmurs not. _65 Ay, many flowering islands lie In the waters of wide Agony: To such a one this morn was led, M... ...rmured, and Philosophy did strain Her lidless eyes for thee; when o’er the Aegean main _60 132 V olume Two 5. 5. 5. 5. 5. Athens arose: a city su... ...1. 1. From the forests and highlands We come, we come; From the river-girt islands, Where loud waves are dumb Listening to my sweet pipings. ...

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.................................. 7 PREFACE BY MRS. SHELLEY TO FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, 1839. ......................... 16 POSTSCRIPT IN SECOND EDITION OF 1839. ........................................................................ 21 PREFACE BY MRS. SHELLEY. TO THE VOLUME OF POSTHUMOUS POEMS PUBLISHED IN 1824...................................................................

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...Index A A blow felled Artaxerxes, with a thrust 466 A branch of Est there in the Guelfian tree 392 A bugle small he winded loud and shrill, 162 ?A burning fire, so are those deserts charmed, 307 A Christian once, Macon he now adores, 27 A dreadful thunder-clap at last he heard, 402 A f...

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...Excerpt: VOL I. In the morning of life the truthful wooed the beautiful, and their offspring was Love. Like his Divine parents, He is eternal. He has his Mother?s ravishing smile; his Father?s steadfast eyes. He rises every day, fresh and glori...

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................ 5 BUTTON?S IN PALL MALL.............................................................................................................. 9 THE CONDEMNED CELL. ..............................................................................................................12 CODLINGSBY ....................................................................................

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