Word: expression
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...presentable. Well," continued he in a moment or two, "you know I went to Boscos. That village has particular charms for me just at present, and perhaps you can guess why I lingered and lingered until the last train had gone and my only hope was to catch the express as it stops for a moment at Boscos bridge. It was a breathless and stilly night, the tide at its flood but as calm as a lake, reflecting myriads of stars, that seemed arrayed in full force to act as proxy for the moon, who was on duty...
...should like to express a desire that, in the following particulars, the change may come speedily...
...with her is, to Harvard, an impossibility. For the disgraceful remarks of one of her papers, of course we cannot hold her accountable; and, moreover, the comments of the Record have already shown that this bombast and vituperation on the part of the Courant did not, by any means, express the sentiment of the College. But the deliberate charges made by their captain in a speech at a regular meeting of the Yale Boat-Club are the utterances of a responsible and representative person, and for these it is that we hold Yale accountable. Till they are retracted...
Still it served to express that our fair Danae...
...Yale refuses to accept Harvard's challenge, because, after providing for the nine and the crew, she has not men enough left for foot-ball, - a fact which seems to cause more pleasure there than it does here. On Thursday a challenge was received from the Princeton team, who express their willingness to play in Cambridge, and enough matches will be arranged with other colleges, so that our team will have enough to keep them busy...