Word: cornering
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...yard presented quite a lively scene all day yesterday. The delegates to the conference and their valises were arriving at all hours in squads of all sizes, numbering anywhere from twenty-five to one. Men with catalogues, and puzzled countenances were on almost every corner...
...brown cane, a sign of "Ayer's Cherry Pectoral," a tennis racket, a heliotype copy of the University of Pennsylvania's famous challenge, a broken base ball bat, a baby's slipper, and a Yale man's hat. A strange collection. But what is that in the corner? It appears like a collection of visiting cards, I draw near, "Miss B-is requested-." I sadly turn away. But can it be that this is not in Cambridge? I could well believe this to be one of the rooms in the "Annex" here at Wellesley, never. I am torn from...
...once all day long did these young men speak to their unknown companion, or, as far as she could tell, take any notice of her whatever. They simply pursued their own way, and let her, from her quiet corner, enjoy it all undisturbed...
...replicas of the bust of Longfellow now occupying a position in poet's Corner at Westminster Abbey, have arrived in Boston, on the steamship Samaria. One of these duplicates, it will be remembered, is to become the property of Harvard; the other will be presented to the Historical Society of Portland, Maine. It is gratifying to know that the bust which we shall receive and guard among our treasures, is a magnificent production. It is made of marble and of course is an exact production of the bust in Westminster. As a work of art, the bust is superb, admirable...
...club of ten or twelve can be accommodated with board at the corner of Boylston and Mt. Aubuin streets...