Word: cold
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...table an accumulated pile of circulars and bills, -a gilt-edged note from my tailor, which I took for an invitation; a postal card from a Sunday school; another with the College arms on it; and the rest advertisements, notices, and what not. The room was cold, dismal, and dusty, whereas I had fondly hoped that my chum would be back before me and have everything snug and comfortable. With the charitable intention of making him light the fire, I had taken just as long a vacation as the "law allowed and the court awarded," and not to find...
...Idiot!" said I, "he 's shamming sleep; cold water will do him good...
...subject of a letter-box in the Yard has often been discussed. Such a box placed in front of University would be a great convenience, especially on cold winter mornings when a tramp to the post-office is peculiarly disagreeable. Will not the College authorities, who so carefully look after the convenience of the students, give us another proof of their desire to accommodate...
Strong, steady, clear, and cold, which fill the heart...
...spent part of my spring vacation on the sea-shore, at my uncle's. It was cold and bleak; but I had quite a jolly time, because, you see, I've got a lot of cousins who live there, and I was the only male approaching their age for ten miles. Yes, I had a beautiful time. I used to talk philosophy to nineteen, and nonsense to twelve, and romance to sixteen; you see they acted as foils to each other, and when I was a little tired of one I would fall back on another, and then there were...