Word: deeping
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...detachment received a perfect ovation. The appearance of the college men was the signal for cheers and clapping, and many handkerchiefs were waved approvingly, only to be quickly confiscated as the brigade marched past. Over this part of the route the marching was rendered difficult by reason of the deep mud, but everyone was out for a good time, and no grumbling was heard. As houses were passed where young ladies tenanted the windows, the classes invariably sent up loud and appreciative cheers. From the South End the procession took up the line of march for the business districts, passing...
...statue will represent him as a rather slender and tall young man seated in an armchair with an open book, presumably a Bible, on one knee. He is buried in deep meditation, and his clear cut, noble features indicate great depth of character and refinement of intellect, combined with a strong will and well-defined purpose. Competent judges declare that the work is excellent, portraying the thinker, scholar, and preacher such as John Harvard...
...very remarkable degree has kept mere noise and boisterousness at a discount in their public assemblies, and, indeed in the whole theory and practice of their lives? Not, I think, what has been obtained in lecture-room, or recitation-room, so much as in these surroundings which suggest deep and quiet reflection,- these accretions of historic interest, these embodiments of tender sentiment. It is good for any student to feel that wise and true men have labored at his university before him,- that their quiet constructive work has been recognized,- that it outlasts the din and applause of stump speeches...
...some souvenir of the place. To meet this long-felt want we suggest that lunch counters be set up in the transept and a free meal be given to every one who purchases a glass of milk and a bottle of Apollinaris water. The impression thus produced would be deep and lasting; one that would transcend all earthly considerations of space and time...
...pioneers of the sport in America, "Canxing is the active principle of yachting set free from costly suppers, tyrannical sailing-masters, and the endless war of keel and centre-board. The cruising canx is a craft in which a man can sail or paddle in rough or smooth, deep or shallow water; in which he can travel by day and sleep at night, and which in case of necessity he can take under his arm, and drag around an impossible rapid, or over a portage from one stream to another. No other craft permits its owner these priceless privileges...