Word: bray
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...oppose in every possible way this growing lethargy and indifference and, worse than all, snobbishness. What is a man does assert himself too forcibly or is a trifle "fresh?" It is not a vital fault. Why suppress him? It is not always the blase or the brainless however that bray: "What an ass!" Many a man while secretly admiring independence and push, joins in with the popular chorus against the offender. Few undergraduates have any idea how childish and inane this spirit of repression appears to men outside of the college...
...hands are tied by this fearful spectre of making a fool of ourselves. We have seen men who make it their peculiar business to circulate through the college, say nothing themselves, and as soon as they hear an opinion expressed by any one unite in one pitiful bray, "What an ass!" This is sometimes done by the voice, sometimes by pantomime. The two styles add variety to a pastime otherwise monotonous, and as disgusting as it is monotonous. If any of these peculiarly constructed individuals should chance to read this exhortation to those who possess independence, they would probably...
...Edward Solomon, composer of "Billee Taylor" and "Claude Duval," has two other operas, "Lord Bateman" and the "Vicar of Bray," ready for production...
...Bumley's breezy bray that filled the world with...