Word: begged
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...beg of him with many a sigh and moan...
...hope of encouraging subscriptions, and more especially as an appeal for ready payments of the amounts already promised to Mr. Harwood, I beg to submit some explanation of the finances of the University Boat Club. For a series of years the system of expenses has been simply an arrangement of debts, so that the beginning of each year has of necessity presented a call for help to free the club from old obligations rather than make any provision for the wants of the new season. Beginning in 1874 with a debt of some $2,500, the club has been carried...
...word - has taken part in it. But I am sure that by such behavior a man gains neither in self-respect nor in caste, - for want of a better word; and if these societies make any overtures to you - as I cordially hope that they will not - I must beg of you to politely decline them. They can't help you, and they may hurt you; for membership involves a habit of constant prevarication, which is anything but salutary in its effects. At the same time these secret organizations have a certain amount of power; and as long as they...
Finally, I beg you to continue to impress the necessity of docility upon the boating-men of the College; they have been joined to their idols long enough. I enclose my card, and beg permission only to subscribe myself
...criticisms made by the Editors of the Advocate on the communication of C. E. P. deserve some consideration. I therefore beg leave to make use, on this occasion, of your paper...