Word: chosen
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...that I would a great mausoleum. The gloom which comes over me deepens as I take my seat, for I know that my dexter companion will give me no repose. My Plutonic melancholy, the heated room, the dull Livy, -all are conducive to slumber; the very instructor seems admirably chosen to that end: but my naps are broken by my active neighbor, who says, "The French Left Centre don't care for the status quo, and the Pope's legs are horribly swollen." Now I don't know what a status quo is, and I don't believe he does...
...sarcasm. The sombre cast of the tale made me gloomy. I thought of my degree and the chance I had of obtaining it. I hastily reviewed in my mind the three years I had already gone over, and thought how many mistakes I had made. Why had I not chosen different electives in many cases? "To be sure," said I to my chum, "the elective system is a fine thing, but one does not always know which is the best (i. e. the easiest) course to pursue." I have it now, though, a happy thought has just struck me; indeed...
...matter for regret that a gentleman could not have been chosen captain of the Freshman foot-ball team without having a man, antagonistic to him and imbittered by defeat, make a charge against some of his fellow-classmates of "stuffing the ballot-box." We presume, however, that the gentleman, when he made such an ungentlemanly statement, based on no proof whatsoever, and in a manner so much to be condemned, was disappointed and excited at the defeat of his candidate, and did not realize the bad taste, to say the least, of his action. It was an accusation insulting...
...last year it appeared that there were so few men in college who were at once able and willing to join the staff of the Lampoon, that either the paper must be dropped, or the old editorial board must continue to manage it. The latter alternative was chosen, and the paper remains in the same hands in which it was last year. The popularity which the paper had attained during the last year led the editors to hope for a rather wider circulation than before; and by way of attracting public attention, they issued the circular which has given rise...
...Sheldon, the Chorister of the Institute, enlivened the more serious part of the repast with well-chosen songs, interspersed with delightful frequency...