Word: attractively
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...spite of the atmospheric frigidity, Harvard still seems to attract almost as many visitors as usual. Always be ready to sacrifice yourself to acting the guide-post or cicerone...
...advantage in forming its opinion of being on the ground and of having heard Oscar Wilde in his Chickering Hall speech, devotes one of its subtile and caustic satires to Oscar's utter annihilation. It says: "As a man of the world, he knows that the true way to attract attention to poetry is to shock people's sense of decency, * * * and that a very good substitute for fame is the notoriety attracted by silliness. * * * What he has to say is not new, and his extravagance is not extravagant enough to amuse the average American audience. His knee-breeches...
...Well, then," Lampy replied, "as the story of the magnet does n't attract you, I will pass on to the next. I have here a few queries which may strike you as rather queer. Here is one: 'Did you see the ghost...
...incurring great expense, prevents many from trying some new ground for their summer's enjoyment. To be sure, summer boarding-houses in the country are better than staying in the crowded city during the hot summer; but why not go to Europe, where there is every thing to attract one? The idea is prevalent that it is very expensive, and that it is only possible for those who can afford to spend $500, or even more, as, indeed, most of those going for a summer think necessary. This is a great mistake, as a moderately careful...
...dull routine of lecture and recitation, until, like faithful and worn-out horses, they die still in the harness. The recognition by the College that it is a duty to provide for the declining years of those who have spent their youth in her service, not only ought to attract earnest scholars towards the College, but also will doubtless prove extremely beneficial, when necessary, by enabling the Corporation to substitute young and vigorous men, full of modern ideas, for those whose thoughts and life are only in the past, and who have outgrown their usefulness...