Word: evening
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...consider it, for his permanent satisfaction and saturation, simply this allotment, no more and no less: God's infinite Universe altogether to himself, therein to enjoy infinitely, and fill every wish as fast as it rose. . . . . Always there is a black spot in our sunshine: it is even, as I said, the Shadow of Ourselves. - Sartor Resartus, Chapter IX., "The Everlasting...
...this article go towards making a man, in any sense, happy? Suppose a man to succeed in limiting his desires to but one thing, - wealth, let us say, or knowledge; have we not enough examples to teach us that this one thing would never be reached, and that, even supposing it reached, the poor wretch would still have enough soul to render him miserable, "a little grain of conscience" to "make him sour"? And if we seek for happiness, for success, from culture, about which we are so fond of talking, shall we be more likely to obtain...
...certain points of rules and decorum, which in another place might be insisted on. However, personal objections should have small weight in these discussions, as it is probable that, through the courtesy of the Telegraph Company, games could be played by two opposite factions without their speaking to or even seeing each other...
...crews got away pretty evenly. Holyoke had the inside position, Holworthy next, Weld third, and Matthews outside. From the boat-house, Holyoke seemed to have a slight lead when three quarters up the course, but no decided advantage was gained by either until the turn. Weld turned inside of Matthews, and both these crews left their stake ahead of the other two; but Matthews could no longer hold her own, and the Weld men forced their boat ahead. At the other stake Holyoke turned inside, and Holworthy so quickly after her as to strike her bow, when half round, against...
Weld drew the inside position, Holworthy next, Holyoke third, and Matthews outside. Holworthy got the best start, but evidently no crew cared for a lead at first, and the four went up the course, each seeming to pull well within itself and so nearly even that from the shore it appeared that a straight line would have joined the rudders of all. A little farther on, and Weld and Holyoke had drawn slightly ahead, while Matthews and Holworthy remained each about half a length behind. The steady rowing was kept up till near the stake, when Matthews and Holyoke began...