Word: faintly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...were obliged to turn out and run, walk or row long distances before breakfast. when for twelve hours they had eaten nothing, and would come back faint and half famished, and with that all-gone feeling that work under such conditions brings, and which would frequently say by them all day. Then their bill of fare would contain little else than underdone beef or mutton, stale bread, a very stingy allowance of potatoes, and none at all of any other vegetables; sometimes tea, never any other drink but water, two for dinner, and one for supper, and not even this...
...convinced against his will," the old proverb runs, "has the same opinion still," and we are faint to believe that this defiant attitude represents the present state of mind of our brethren of the News. "To show that we were right in the grounds we took," says the News, after reading our disproof of their editorial, "we published some facts which we obtained with great care, and which we know to be accurate." How accurate these "facts" were, our readers had an opportunity of judging by reading the letters we published, written by the managers of the teams called...
...being able to deliver some lectures on English literature, with the assistance and co-operation of the other instructors in themes. It seems to us that the plan is an excellent one, as it is surprising to see how many men go through college with but a faint knowledge of the literature of English speaking countries. These lectures, if given at all, would be entirely informal,-in fact would be in the nature of talks rather than lectures. The only elective courses given in English literature at present are English 7 and 8, given in alternate years. Now, many...
...expense incurred in competing with these organizations, it is only necessary to say that they are all within the immediate neighborhood of Boston. What reason in the world can have actuated our faculty in passing such a ridiculous resolution, it is hard to discover. But stay! a faint rumor reaches our ears that this resolution was passed to satisfy Princeton, who had no similar organizations to practice with. This then, is one of those delightful compromises that are so pleasant to read about. The fourth resolution in regard to a faculty committee, is harmless padding. The committee would probably carefully...
...public, no matter how confident any one of their number may be as to the shapeliness of her ankles, and have agreed that in case they cannot put out a fire in a ladylike way they will scream for the police, and select eligible officers with whom to faint away...