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Word: barring (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...skull. The pictures seemed to move in their frames. I could see the figure of a dog run madly back and forth; the horses in "Aurora" were galloping furiously. With fearful effort I rose to my feet and tried to escape from the room, but an invisible bar held me back at the doorway. Meanwhile the wind had risen and was blowing the curtains...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A BIRD OF THE AIR. | 4/22/1881 | See Source »

...decided in favor of Heilbron; upon which a number of boorish Freshmen proceeded to display their ill breeding by hissing the judges' decision, an insult we have never before seen at Harvard, and hope never to see repeated. The two-hand vault followed, and brought out seven men; the bar was started at 5 feet 2 in. T. C. Batchelder, '83, and A. C. Denniston, '83, were the first to withdraw, at 6 ft. 3 in; C. M. Field, '84, and H. F. Mandell, '84, fell out at 6 ft. 6 in.; C. H. W. Foster...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 3/25/1881 | See Source »

Will I meet her at the bar...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SCENE TAKEN FROM THE NEW HARVARD EDITION OF SHAKSPEARE. | 1/28/1881 | See Source »

...snapping of bright teeth, and a grinding sound, and there is nothing but a dark red stain on the fair white snow. Hu-u-u-u! how we sped along under the bright, cruel stars, to the merry, long-drawn notes, while the poor frightened peasant put another bar on his flimsy door and shiveringly murmured, "Les loups-garous...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A NIGHTMARE. | 10/29/1880 | See Source »

...quite a delight for the bar...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CAMBRIDGE SOCIETY. | 5/7/1880 | See Source »

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