Word: evenness
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...astonishingly dogmatic and utterly impracticable evolutions of their own unaided and unpractised intellects. The natural consequence is, that, as a rule, they either avoid all connection with public affairs, or, after finding that their pet theories do not work, they retire in disgust, - for, after all, even graduates are only human, - and the government is far too often suffered to fall into utterly unworthy hands...
...that old Winter has barred the Charles alike to the single-scull and the six-oar, driven even the most enthusiastic lover of baseball from Jarvis, and made foot-ball a chill pleasure, we look around us for other means of keeping our muscles firm and our joints supple...
Dumb-bells are good, because we may always have them ready at hand to use, even for a few moments; but the use of boxing-gloves, while almost equally convenient, is better, because it is more cheerful, and hence more healthy, to exercise in company than in solitude. Once provided with a set of gloves, you are ready at any time for five minutes' lively sport, - your own room the arena. The chairs and table are pushed back and you begin. As you meet your opponent's shoulder-hit and cross-counter by a ready guard, or escape them...
...next couplet is intended to show the high tone prevalent among the writer's acquaintances, but it can only happen in Montreal that joy is a regular "befaller" in woe and care. The denouement is certainly very sad; but it is at once seen that "he" would prefer even a gin-cocktail to "sobbing" with the author of this truly touching poem...
...Carlist revolution the churches of the Spanish provinces were called upon to contribute their bells for the founding of cannon. The fate of the melodious chimes of Bilbao, famous even in that country of bells, is the subject of the poem...