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Page 246
... it . About half - past seven on the appointed evening we crossed the lower bridge , with some American students , in a pouring rain , and started up the road which bor- sexes . Heidelberg Castle Illuminated . 247 This roadway was.
... it . About half - past seven on the appointed evening we crossed the lower bridge , with some American students , in a pouring rain , and started up the road which bor- sexes . Heidelberg Castle Illuminated . 247 This roadway was.
Page 255
... student said that for some time he had been under sentence for a slight breach of the peace and had promised the ... students ; so I asked them in English to show me the college jail . I had learned to take it for granted that anybody in ...
... student said that for some time he had been under sentence for a slight breach of the peace and had promised the ... students ; so I asked them in English to show me the college jail . I had learned to take it for granted that anybody in ...
Page 256
... students ; and a narrow wooden bedstead with a villanous old straw mattress , but no sheets , pillows , blankets or coverlets— for these the student must furnish at his own cost if he wants them . There was no carpet , of course . The ...
... students ; and a narrow wooden bedstead with a villanous old straw mattress , but no sheets , pillows , blankets or coverlets— for these the student must furnish at his own cost if he wants them . There was no carpet , of course . The ...
Page 259
... student of green - cap corps with a bottle of champagne in each and below was the legend : ' These make an evil fate ... students began their work on it . Persons who saw it at the auction said it was so curiously and wonderfully carved ...
... student of green - cap corps with a bottle of champagne in each and below was the legend : ' These make an evil fate ... students began their work on it . Persons who saw it at the auction said it was so curiously and wonderfully carved ...
Page 269
... student in Heidel- berg , say , in one of his calmest moods , that he would rather decline two drinks than one ... student is likely to go on for a month making twins out of a Dative dog before he discovers his mistake ; and on the other ...
... student in Heidel- berg , say , in one of his calmest moods , that he would rather decline two drinks than one ... student is likely to go on for a month making twins out of a Dative dog before he discovers his mistake ; and on the other ...
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