Excerpt: ...in fact who he came across, especially the dominant fast set with whom he had chiefly lived. These young gentlemen (of whom we had a glimpse at the outset, but whose company we have carefully avoided ever since, seeing that their sayings and doings were of a kind of which the less said the better) had been steadily going on in their way, getting more and more idle, reckless and insolent. Their doings had been already so scandalous on several occasions as to call for solemn meetings of the college authorities; ...
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Excerpt: ...in fact who he came across, especially the dominant fast set with whom he had chiefly lived. These young gentlemen (of whom we had a glimpse at the outset, but whose company we have carefully avoided ever since, seeing that their sayings and doings were of a kind of which the less said the better) had been steadily going on in their way, getting more and more idle, reckless and insolent. Their doings had been already so scandalous on several occasions as to call for solemn meetings of the college authorities; but, no vigorous measures having followed, such deliberations had only made matters worse, and given the men a notion that they could do what they pleased with impunity. This night the climax had come; it was as though the flood of misrule had at last broken banks and overflowed the whole college. For two hours the wine party in Blake's large ground-floor rooms was kept up with a wild, reckless mirth, in keeping with the host's temper. Blake was on his mettle. He had asked every man with whom he had a speaking acquaintance, as if he wished to face out his disaster at once to the whole world. Many of the men came feeling uncomfortable, and would sooner have stayed away and treated the pluck as real misfortune. But after all Blake was the best judge of how he liked to be treated, and, if he had a fancy for giving a great wine on the occasion, the civilest thing to do was to get to it. And so they went, and wondered as much as he could desire at the brilliant coolness of their host, speculating and doubting nevertheless in their own secret hearts whether it wasn't acting after all. Acting it was, no doubt, and not worth the doing; no acting is. But one must make allowances. No two men take a thing just alike, and very few can sit down quietly when they have lost a fall in life's wrestle, and say: "Well, here I am, beaten no doubt this time. But my own fault, too. Now, take a good look at me, my good friends, as I know you all want to do, and say...
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Hall, Sydney P. Fair. No Jacket. Book. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Red cloth binding with gilt and black print and design on the front cover and spine. There is light scattered soil spotting in the text. There are several names on the front end papers. The hinges are cracked and there are a few other light cracks in the binding, however there are no loose or missing pages. The cover has light soiling and light corner tip wear. The spine has a lean, is darkened and has end wear with a tear on the top end.
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Very Good. Olive green cloth with gilt to title and page tops. Appears to be from a private library, with hand-written numbers, name stamp, and white tape and remains of a paste-down inside back cover. Pages are clean, no foxing. Not dated: John W. Lovell, pub.
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Very good. A nice copy, half bound in brown leather with patterned boards. Slight wear along front edge of spine. Spine is beautiful, gilt vibrant, raised bands. Leather has slight handling wear. Top edge gilt. Pages/boards clean, NO foxing/markings. Pages amazingly clean for their age. Very Clean Copy-Over 500, 000 Internet Orders Filled.
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Good. No Jacket. 12mo. Pictorial titles on mustard cloth. Orange pictorial end papers. 599pp. Starting at Dedication page. No date but contains a 1913 school library notation on title page. No other institutional markings.
