Word: beholding
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Monday was a great day in the history of this college. Long and eagerly did we await the coming of that morn which was to usher in the day of days. For on that day we were to behold the reforms which the directors of the Dining Association were to inaugurate in the mid-day meal, vulgarly known as the Monday lunch...
...alone-"a woeful, solitaire mayd." Nothing daunted by slories of disagreeable things which interested friends took pains to relate were sure to happen at this particular season of the year, she enters the sleeper, (for the first time in her life) in Boston, one Saturday night, only to behold with horror the worst of these stories true-she is to be the only lady in this...
...actually descended into this mystery of mysteries, into the place whence has arisen the savor of many a meal in process of preparation. We must confess that it was with some misgivings that we started on our tour of inspection. It has been said that if we once could behold the manipulations of the "culinary artists," we would never again be able to enjoy a dinner without the horrible vision rising before our eyes. But let it be said to the credit of the steward and the management, that, although we were there at a time when there...
...than usually fall to the lot of man. Knowing this they felt called upon to show their thanks in a more marked way than by the repetition of prayers, and so. like the pilgrims of old, they set out on a pilgrimage. Now those who were fortunate enough to behold these Three Important Persons saw a strange sight. First came the Chair Man (so called because he carried on his back a camp stool) wheeling and circling in graceful curves along the roadside upon a bicycle of wonderful make. Behind him came the second of this triumvirate, carefully measuring...
...good time generally which it has had. The enviable reputation it has acquired as a noise producer, made its services invaluable for a torchlight parade, and the invitation showered upon it by both Republican and Democratic committees, were accepted with a readiness and an impartiality delightful to behold...