Word: blacking
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...however, they were laid with a different food, and I was coming upon a different errand. I was haunted by a suspicion that board at a club was not quite worth while; I had heard that the Memorial tables were not so black as they were painted, after all; and I had come to see for myself if they really had celery and table-cloths...
...heard about the condition of lower Holden every Monday morning. We will not say the dust is actually two inches thick, or that the air is so musty as to choke one; but certainly there is just cause for complaint from students who have to dust those ugly black benches with their elbows, and who have to breathe close air. Such a state of things as does exist at present indicates that somebody is remiss in the discharge of his duty. We trust this matter will receive the attention it deserves...
...very ancient-looking horse. Once, perhaps, he was black, but now only a few gray hairs were left in the corners which time had spared. I say corners purposely, for his bones and joints were so large and visible that the beast seemed like some equine jumping-jack, whose tail must be pulled if you would set the legs in motion. This is but an idle fancy, for you might have pulled that tail with all your might and never produced the least result, unless, perhaps, you pulled the poor animal over. Need I say, then, that...
...Halloo!" said I, "where did you get all these ashes on your hat and coat, and what in the name of all that's good makes your hands so black...
...years, and those already in it, - about forty in all. This fact, and the requirement that the case shall be made of chestnut to match the wood-trimmings in the hall, make it necessary to order a new one. A case nine feet long, six feet high, background of black cotton velvet, wire rests for the balls, sliding doors of plate glass, and the inscription carved in the top, will cost $175, - with common glass in the doors...