Word: draws
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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LIGHT of my eyes and constant solace of my soul, many a time has the humblest of your slaves meant to draw aside the curtain of his being to you; but, although he has been silent while among these dogs of Giaours (whom may the Prophet roast in Gehenna !) he has not ceased to think of his Beeghaz, for how truly has our divine poet Hafiz* said...
...other side of the hall were several booths whose fair exteriors seemed to attract many visitors; but I saw many who came out of the booths with sad and troubled looks, and who wore great O's on their foreheads. A strong feeling of sympathy seemed to draw them together; they called themselves the Army of the Conditioned, and preached a crusade against hypocrisy. I did not spend much time here. I only noticed that some of these booths were devoted to Natural History, and several to English and other modern languages...
...number and bringing in an aggregate of pound 60,000 annually - are bestowed for knowledge alone, and are sought as earnestly by the sons of the wealthy as by the poor. They average about pound 65 a year. This is one example of the determination at Oxford to draw no line between rich and poor. It has its swells and its snobs, but whatever they may import in that way is absolutely unrecognized by university and college law and administration...
...Immediately before the contest the captains of all the contesting teams shall draw their numbers...
Another sub-committee appointed will draw up a constitution, with a complete set of rules and regulations, covering as far as is possible all the sports. This constitution is first to be submitted to the whole Executive Committee. and then printed in the College papers, with a request that any member of the Association who sees any alterations to make will please note them in writing and send them to the Committee on the Constitution. It may be of some advantage to the gentlemen of this committee to know that the old constitution which has been so long missing...