Word: air
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...with a Large and Handsome Dog. The Lad spoke to the Animal, and said, "Come with me, and I will buy me a new Coat and we will be happy together. "Not so," replied the Sagacious Brute. "I am an upper-class Animal, and if I accompanied You, my air would be so Awkward from shame at the company I was in, that you would be at once Recognized for the Ass that you are. Therefore, I pray you, put away Ambition." Thus saying, he left the Aspiring Innocent a Sadder, but alas! not a wiser child...
...tumult surges, through the air...
...deep, covering the floors of the upper rooms, and leaking down through holes in the ceiling. At about noon the fire was under control, but was not entirely out until an hour later. A large part of the south roof was burnt, leaving the rooms below open to the air, and obliging all the occupants of the entry to seek shelter elsewhere. Vacant rooms in Thayer and Holyoke were placed at their disposal by the Bursar. No satisfactory explanation of the way in which the fire started has yet been given. The damage done the building is estimated...
Notwithstanding the chilliness of the air and the unpleasant disturbances created by the "muckers," the audience was in good humor and highly gratified by the skilful playing exhibited by the gentlemen of the two teams...
Harvard's first men, Everlie and Lightweight, retired in quick succession, and all eyes were turned on Blister, who, with swelling chest, wielded the ponderous ash. Cunners swore it was as exciting as the time he sold the little dog to Mrs. G. Our hero, having soared the air in vain once, knocked a daisy-cutter to C. F., and reached first in safety; Bones rung in a two-baser; Cunners stole his base on three strikes; and Oranges, with a three-baser, brought all his "friends" home. Here the Harvards' success ended; the Borsair failed to make anything, (mirabile...