Word: contentions
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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What was to be done? That question now presented itself before me with stern and unrelenting face. Forgetting what things had been, remaining content to be involved in this unexplained mystery, with what demeanor should I again meet Edith - and her brother? Her brother! The cruel thought forced itself upon me. That one incontrovertible fact was the tragic centre of circumstances, the one key to the dark and unknown future...
...those failings remain prevalent. A team may do hard and conscientious work all through the winter, and yet in the spring meet with utter and signal defeat; and in such a case, while we should give them full credit for the hard work they have done, we must not content ourselves with patting them on the back and calling them unfortunate victims of circumstances, but we must allow the possibility of their labor having been misapplied, and do our best to find out how it could have been applied better. In thus condemning too enthusiastic praise...
...championship cup, (which will be on exhibition in the Gymnasium as soon as it is finished), it would be well for our athletes to realize that if we desire to retain the position in athletics which our Mott Haven Team of last year gained for us, we cannot content ourselves with resting on their laurels, but must make up our minds to work well and faithfully with that end in view...
Compar'd with a heart that's content...
...windows, and between was a place just large enough for my Chickering grand, - a pleasant surprise from papa upon our arrival. We had no neighbors within twelve miles. Our one servant was a converted Indian. Instead of scalping after the ordinary manner of his tribe, he was content to appropriate to his own use small articles of value, and carry them to the nearest village in exchange for alcoholic fluid. He was a Christianized Indian. But let me proceed to other portions of my narrative...