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Word: donning (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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She rushes off new "trunks" to don; -

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MISS BLAYRE'S BENEFIT. | 4/23/1875 | See Source »

MRS. PARTINGTON was greatly shocked on reading in a letter from Ike, '78, that he is connected with the "rifled corpse" at Harvard. She says, with tears in her eyes, she "don't 'spect nothin' at all but what he 'll git to be a body-smasher."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 4/23/1875 | See Source »

IT is related, on the authority of Ovid and Diodorus, that Hercules once attacked a monstrous snake called Hydra, which had nine heads, and if any of them was cut off, two others would spring up to take its place. The only way to stop these heads from growing was...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MY MUSTACHE. | 3/26/1875 | See Source »

Tell me, don't you wish you knew?

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE RIVER. | 3/12/1875 | See Source »

Mr. Babcock unfortunately was not in his best voice, having suffered from a severe cold for some days, and it was with great reluctance that he was induced to appear at all. His voice, however, proved to be in better condition than he imagined, and his first solo, "King Macbeth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SPRING CONCERT. | 3/12/1875 | See Source »

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