Word: acception
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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ROSE HATHORN.Boggles, I say, was elated. Such a charmingly informal way of putting it, rating him at once as an old acquaintance. And then what a pretty name, - Rose! Curious that he had never noticed it before. Would he accept? Wouldn't he! Inspired with enthusiasm, he made his answer rather different from what formal etiquette would have required...
PRESIDENT WHITE of Cornell University, who has relinquished the Berlin Mission, has entered into bonds with the Trustees of that University not to accept any political office for four years...
...year, however, the two societies have effected a union, and have leased Roberts Hall on Brattle Street, where they intend to give joint concerts every six weeks or so. In thus uniting, the societies do not expect to lose their separate identity, that is, each is at liberty to accept invitations out of Cambridge without consulting the other...
...very erratic kite." But the Advocate has happily reduced the question to a mathematical formula, - the Alpha and Omega from which there is no appeal : Mr. Wright = Dowden + Furnivall + ???. This is very pretty, and it doubtless satisfies the ingenious inventors; but more exact Shaksperian scholars will not accept it as proof of the "lunacy" of either Mr. Dowden or Mr. Furnivall. We do not propose to defend the latter gentleman in the use of language which he doubtless regrets sincerely as do we ourselves; we do not propose to assent to any errors which the New Shakspere Society may have...
...sent it was accompanied by a note calling attention to the fact that Harvard had not named New London as the place for the race, and stating that Harvard would not go to New London, unless she could get suitable quarters in time for this year's Crew. Yale accepted the challenge, fully aware that it was but conditional. If she could not accept it, conditional as it was, the proper thing was to tell Harvard so, and then Harvard would have had the choice of sending a challenge unincumbered by conditions, or none...