Word: butter
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...although feeling how incompetent we are to reproduce the sparkling freshness of the original. The speaker began by alluding to the many victories which the class of '79 had won. "When we first entered these classic porticos," (she said), "it had been the custom for us to have no butter-plates. We who had been brought up in the lap of elegance and refinement, - we who were to lead the society of our country, - we who were to push on the engine of progress to realms of perfection, - were deprived, not of a luxury, but of a necessity. (Applause.) What...
...members of the Memorial Hall Dining Association consume daily 100 dozen eggs, 120 gallons of soup, 200 pounds of butter, 200 gallons of milk, 150 pounds of fish, 300 pounds of chicken, 400 pounds of mutton, and 1100 pounds of beef...
...little out of spirits at lunch that day, and growled at the butter; but you scolded me, as you always do, and I got cheered up in time for my afternoon recitation in history. I was called up and made a rush, and the instructor asked to see Mr. Growler after the recitation. I was delighted, - doubtless he was going to compliment...
...study as long as he likes, and to give him a good place afterwards. Now I don't care particularly about studying forever, and besides, my father has given me distinctly to understand that it is about time I began to make my own bread-and-butter...
...useful positions as those at which, it is to be supposed, this ambition aims. In pursuance of that well-considered scheme of study which we have been advised to early adopt, we are fitting ourselves for the particular path in life which is to lead to necessary bread-and-butter and merited glory; but in this Republic we all, as heirs apparent, realize the possibility of being called to share the many-seated throne, and are hence disposed, in our particular lines of study, to avail ourselves of such courses as will, while harmonizing with that well-considered scheme, furnish...