Word: digging
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...dig and grind and proctor fell...
...well, make a dig and a fool of yourself, if you will - Good by [to me]; my love to Hammy; and, if you ever come to England, come and see me." And, nodding brightly, off he ran. I was just about to ask another question of my literary friend when I was suddenly called away. On my return no one was to be seen. I thought I heard some one in the distance repeating, "Arma virumque cano; Trojae -"; but I may have been mistaken; and, in fact, I am a little afraid that my imagination, always strong, on this occasion...
...shut, if you want to get along at this college! Doggy got the presidency of the X. Y. Z., a position that Beck coveted; so Beck hates him most cordially, - a feeling which is fully reciprocated. Grinder was trying for the third place in the &t;. B. K., but Dig got ahead of him, and Grinder is fourth; these gentlemen, too, in a milder way detest each other thoroughly. In fact, the more a man succeeds here, the more he gets himself disliked. And the moral of this is, my dear Freshmen again, don't be too much...
...dig away with...
...read a few pages more, when my attention was again distracted by a pair of eyes, - large, deep, lustrous eyes. They walked over to the opposite table and registered. Then they surveyed the room, looking up and down, falling here and there, and withering "dig" after "dig" with their piercing gaze. At last, they too walked out; and I was surprised to see every man straightway leave his seat to seek the name of the fair visitor. They crowded about the book, and I heard a disappointed voice say, "Keokuk, Iowa." It was a clear case of "Go West, young...