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Word: curiously (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...return of springlike weather the opportunity for out-door work is eagerly taken advantage of, and the change from the monotony of the gymnasium routine is fully enjoyed. Jarvis and Holmes will soon be lively with the practising nines and various teams of cricket, lacrosse and tennis players. The curious will now find amusement in going to the boat-house and seeing the Class and 'Varsity crews. Bicyclers, too, will soon be able to enjoy their rides over smooth, hard roads, and those fond of pedestrian jaunts in the surrounding country have already had several pleasant days on which...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/9/1882 | See Source »

...spirit of association in clubs and societies is carried to great lengths these days. Among the curious organizations of London are the Additional Curates' Society, the Epidemiological Society, the Mendicity Society and the Royal Female Naval School. Perhaps the suggestion in this last name for providing useful employment for the royal princesses might be well utilized. The artists have a club called the Mauls, and the lawyers are called the Devil's Own. A contemporary expresses the wish that the devil may get his own at the earliest convenient opportunity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NOTES AND COMMENTS. | 2/16/1882 | See Source »

...English trade journal gives the following account of a curious New Year's custom which is annually observed at Queen's College, Oxford: "After a dinner given to people indirectly connected with the college, the senior bursar delivers to each guest a needle furnished with a length of silk, with the injunction, 'Take this and be thrifty, and begin the new year with industry.' Contrary to a common belief, this is not the condition of a tenure, nor does any advantage accrue to the institution by its observance. There is nothing particular about the needles either. To be precise, they...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NOTES AND COMMENTS. | 2/8/1882 | See Source »

...bookseller who can neither read nor write. He is well respected and sells good books, many of them scientific, and the best literature of the day. He has an excellent memory and a large trade. Some of the characters which he has devised for memoranda are said to be curious enough. It is the shape and size of books that are his chief guide, and he has seldom been known to make a serious mistake...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/23/1882 | See Source »

...basement of the gymnasium is a repository for all small articles which have been found from time to time. There has already accumulated a curious collection of gymnastic impedimenta, from which one could easily select a complete gymnastic outfit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 1/19/1882 | See Source »

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