Word: came
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...when the first batch of ladies came down, I mildly suggested that we should immediately begin the embarkation, - a long and serious task, I assured them. To which dear Mary would have yielded, but Mrs. Earl thought they would wait for the others; "and, I'm sure, Master Morris, you and I need all the heat we can get before our ride...
...when at last the two girls came down, I resolved on a bold move in the face of the enemy, and asked the fair Miss Ethel if she would go with my detachment, and was bearing her off in triumph when the dragon stopped us with hurried explanations that a cutter-sleigh was the coldest thing in the world, and that Ethel could not bear it; in fine, that she, the Widow Earl, would and should sacrifice herself and ride with...
...know how blind the gate to the Dilly's Avenue is. Well, Fred - he was driving - never can remember when he gets to it. So, as we came up the road at a pretty sharp pace, for this was our last point, I heard Mary cry, "Left, Fred, left, or we'll pass it!" And he hauled the borses square round; and we behind saw the old sleigh go up on one runner slowly, and then down on its side amid a fountain of shrieks and screams...
...found I'd left her whence I came...
...staring disconsolately at the shelves, in vain straining my eyes for the wished-for book, a youth came along, mounted the step-ladder, and, removing some books on the top shelf, brought from behind them the very book I was looking for. The mystery was solved. Instead of some studious person having the book, it was an extremely selfish individual, who, in order to have the book when he desired it, had deprived many others from using it in the meanwhile. This is done through selfishness. Another cause of our being deprived of books is carelessness : a student finishing...