Word: answering
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...answer this question in the affirmative without the slightest hesitation. The first indications were by no means promising, however, and the youthful Keltic mind did not seem to grasp the true spirit of the reform. Many strange inconsistencies were noticed at first. For instance, a small boy who saluted an elderly gentleman with much politeness saw nothing inappropriate, when beyond the reach of the gentleman's cane, in addressing him in terms more familiar than complimentary; a youth whose manners were very winning, and who had even attained some degree of perfection in tying a cravat, was in the constant...
...take great pleasure in laying before the College the following challenge. Between Columbia and Harvard there is always the most cordial good-will; and we sincerely trust that the H. U. B. C. will be able to send an affirmative answer...
...FRESHMAN was heard to inquire of what possible utility was the iron fire-escape to the occupants of the upper story of Holyoke. Many a Senior or even graduate has confessed his inability to answer this conundrum...
PRETTY late last night, as I was sitting and calculating if I should be called up in German the next day, I heard somebody come up stairs. First he went to the door opposite mine and knocked several times, but, getting no answer, he turned and came across to my room, and after waiting a moment knocked, and entered. He was stunningly dressed, and had a parcel in his hand addressed to Mr. Lyon, who rooms across the entry. He advanced, cordially holding out his hand...
THREE came a confidential knock at the door the other afternoon, followed, with scarce a pause for an answer, by the entrance of a little old man. Closing the door behind him with brisk gentleness, he glided forward, and with the smile and manner of an old family friend, said, "Had your head examined? guess I didn't see you t' other day; have n't had your head examined, have you?" Politely motioning toward a friend who happened to be in the room, I pretended to be absorbed in my book. Renardy was in an easy-chair...