Word: bait
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...United States. (a) England has surrendered her claims in the headlands question: N. Y. Herald, Feb. 25, '88, p. 3; Feb. 26, '88, p. 9.- (b) Harsh treatment of our sailors by Canada will be prevented: N. Y. Herald, Feb. 22, '88, p. 3.- (c) The privileges of buying bait and transshipping fish may be secured at any time under this treaty: Art. 15 of Treaty...
Then, too, in Paris the prizes of authorship are golden, and the education in authorship complete; the principal newspapers have on their staffs the most eminent writers of the day, and the Academy, following the proverb that advises one "tenir la dragee haut," holds up a tempting bait for every literary puppy to jump for, and at the same time exerts much influence on thought and style. So both newspapers and the Academy join in offering at once education and promise of reward to every literary aspirant...
...care and attention of the students needed, when we have no policeman at all. It must be that those who have been wont to entice the muckers about their windows to race or wrestle for the proverbial "cent," forget in their present entertainment that they are but offering bait to fishes that never fail to bite, and that for but a few moments of possible amusement, they are bringing upon the college at large, days of inevitable annoyance; for one mucker, awarded a prize, is sure to become a mighty host within twenty-four hours. Let us hope, then, that...
...bait their hooklets fine...