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Word: begging (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
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...islands to the eyes of the University. Gentlemen! their chattering teeth exposed to the furious tempests, their blue-black lips crackling and rustling in a vain attempt to produce the sadly sweet notes of "Aw, wert thou in the cauld, cauld-slaw" these shivering inhabitants of a deserted island beg you on their unbendable and likewise un-unbendable knees to clothe them in your cast-off garments. Charity begins at home, gentlemen. Shed a collar, a tear, or a shoe into the Brooks House collection-plate. It will not be wasted. The myrmidons of our little Napoleon, the graduate secretary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BROOKS HOUSE CLOTHING COLLECTION. | 11/1/1911 | See Source »

...beg to quote the following article which appeared recently in the New York Times...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communications | 2/6/1911 | See Source »

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