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Word: downs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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In the first place, then, What is it to give up sentiment? Religion, held by some writers to be of first importance, will lose much of its hold on human nature. The Mahometan and the Puritan, it is true, would be little affected, but those large portions of what is...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AN AVOWAL. | 3/27/1874 | See Source »

FRESHMAN wants to know if the trees have been tarred to prevent the bugs from coming down and eating up the grass.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevities. | 3/27/1874 | See Source »

But sink exhausted down;

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLANK WALKS. | 3/27/1874 | See Source »

The writer seems to think that trees "from some forest primeval," if transplanted to the burying-ground to-morrow, would give the same pleasure to the citizens of Boston as the Paddock Elms did. I very much doubt it. Would an elm transplanted from Boston Common give as much pleasure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SENTIMENT IN THE MAGENTA." | 3/13/1874 | See Source »

Looks down upon the radiant sea.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE THREE GRAY SISTERS. | 3/13/1874 | See Source »

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