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Word: dreamful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...woke in Sander's from a dream of peace...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jimmy McCoshen. | 1/24/1888 | See Source »

...unsafe to predict yet what will be the final effect of tho stimulant on the athletic team, but the men themselves already dream of a day not far distant when, thanks to Moses, '73, Cornell may win the Mott Haven cup. Cornell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Note and Comment. | 5/19/1887 | See Source »

...University Crew. We naturally hoped that Ninety would do her share in support of the university teams; but we hardly looked for such unparalleled generosity as this. Only a part of the class has been canvassed, and yet fifty-eight dollars have been collected. In our enthusiasm we wildly dream that two dollars more may be scraped together, and the magnificent total of sixty dollars reached. Ninety, we are proud of you. You are a noble example of heroic self-sacrifice and lavish generosity. You must have been saving your pennies and denying yourselves candy and chewing-gum ever since...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/16/1887 | See Source »

...learn that arrangements have been made for a reading by Mr. J. J. Hayes, formerly Instructor in Elocution at this University. Mr. Hayes while here gave several public readings, and on every occasion proved himself possessed of rare elocutionary and dramatic power. His reading of the Midsummer Night's Dream with orchestral accompaniament will be long remembered by all who had the good fortune to hear him. As a humorous and dialect reader Mr. Hayes stands almost unrivalled. Everywhere he has received the highest praise and has met with the most flattering success. Mr. Hayes will read at Library Hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Note and Comment. | 1/25/1887 | See Source »

...Sleeper Hall last evening. A large number of the students were present and the faculty was represented by Dean Huntington and Profs. Browne, Buck, Dorchester, Curry and Lindsay. The entertainment consisted of songs from Tennyson by Mr. L. B. Greenwood and Miss Conant, and a representation of Tennyson's "Dream of Fair Women," the parts being taken by Misses Teele, Root, Hoag, Gooding, Shinn, Clarke, Latham, Small and Thomas; Mr. Magee, '88, taking the part of the dreamer. After the entertainment refreshments were served, followed by the singing of college glees, and charades. - Boston Herald...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Note and Comment. | 12/6/1886 | See Source »

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