Word: better
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...coughed, and exhibited my profile, - my profile is much better than my full face. The umbrella did n't seem to notice me; but with a wave of the hand around on the card catalogue, and on the shelves of books, she inquired...
...asked if they would be allowed to walk around the College Yard, and seemed delighted to learn that such a liberty would most assuredly be allowed them. An idea crossed my mind; would they not need a guide? Doubtless! I would offer my services. I wished that I was better posted in the history of the College; but I could easily fill up the gaps by a little invention besides, the breeze laden with sweet-scented hay would teach me eloquence. I drew nearer to the party...
...present. Meanwhile the directors have begun a vigorous canvass of the College, in which we wish them all success. Not a few men seem ignorant of the existence of a reading-room, and others forget that it is supported by the subscriptions of students. All these cannot do better than join the association at once...
...gives itself up exclusively to the more chastened delights of the Chickering Collection, it will be as successful as it might be. Let the memory of that crowded house at Sanders Theatre last spring urge upon the Club the need of work, if it would do better in the future than it has already done in the past...
...large number of reports of this sort are prevalent for three years, circumstantially told and coming from various and reliable sources, it is safe to say that there must be a good and sufficient foundation for them. We repeat what we said before, that it would have been better for the College had the man been dismissed, at whatever pecuniary loss...