Word: afraid
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...society had been refused the use of Sanders Theatre. When we complained of this we were told that we were laboring under a mistaken impression and that the theatre had been offered free to the society. But the society is said to have refused the theatre because they were afraid they can not get a large audience to attend and because it was impossible to make the maps large enough. Both of these objections are ridiculous on their face. The number of those who were unable to gain admission to Sever on the occasion of the last lecture would alone...
...Walk in an easy, graceful style. Do not be afraid, put your feet firmly on the ground...
...hands each of the peculiar motions after the manner of a Turkish headsman. When he went out he carried a stout cane like a club, in the end of which was a long sharp spike. This served him as a defensive weapon, for the old man was very much afraid of robbers. On the street he always wore the same cap and red neckerchief which served him in his last years, and in his pockets he carried crumbs with which to feed birds, of which he was very fond. If he had anything to carry, were it a pound...
...Students at Davidson College have of late been so riotous as to attract general attention. They take possession of Davidson College station as the trains stop, go through the cars singing ribald songs regardless of the presence of ladies, and parade the country round about so that women are afraid to be found abroad. This hostility seems to be especially directed against preachers, whom they compel to get off the walks and insult in every possible way. The Faculty seems to be unable to maintain order. Recently the Methodist Annual Conference was held in Statesville. One of the clergyman thus...
...Harvard University Catalogue will soon be published, and we are afraid, will appear in its ugly bluish cover. This should not be, for the catalogue, being representative of the college, ought to be covered both in the paper and cloth editions with the college color. Why, when crimson is so handsome a color, the editor should see fit to have it covered in a weak imitation of the color of another college is a mystery. Many years ago the publisher stated that no crimson paper or cloth was obtainable. Such, we believe, is not now the case; at any rate...