Word: doors
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...forcibly presented to our minds by the Athenaeum: "We have no 'Trigs' or second-hand books of any kind to sell; no old clothes, hats, caps, toothpicks, or slippers. We will not buy oranges, apples, or peanuts, if you give them away. Don't dare to stop at our door unless you are a member of the Faculty or town constable...
Next - But here the door swings softly inward...
...hastily slammed to the door...
...reading-room, sir, - that first door on the left, - you may peruse these volumes at your leisure. We close at five...
...also seems unjust to refuse a cup where there is only one entry. The chief object of the H. A. A. is to encourage athletics here. Now, as the contestants in many of the events of the in-door meeting practise together daily, it is well known beforehand who is likely to win; and often the man whose chances are best is left to enter the contest alone. Hence, under the present rule, a man is actually discouraged from trying to excel, knowing that if he acquires a decided superiority over others, no one will enter against...