Word: faintly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Well, Frescio, you have got that down pretty fine," remarked an upper-classman to a freshman as he was arranging the faint down of a new existence on his upper...
...Soon a faint "Hello!" from below, and a shaking of the rope, showed that Elsie was safely down; and in a few minutes I was by her side at the bottom of the shaft. Here another "pard," covered with dirt and wearing a lamp in his cap, took us along a low passage, explained the different strata of soft sandy rock and the methods of working them, and pointed out two or three veins of silver ore, and then the last vein, which was rich gold ore. After splashing around in the mud, bumping our heads against the low ceiling...
...Agassiz lectured last evening in Sanders Theatre, under the auspices of the Art Club and the Philological Society, to a rather small audience. The lecturer gave a general sketch of the ruins in Yucatan and of their importance, after which he illustrated his remarks by a number of rather faint views. He said that the ruins of Yucatan form the best example of the ancient civilization on this continent, and that from these remains a much better idea of the ancient people can be obtained than from the fabulous accounts of the Spaniards. Yucatan was the centre of a civilization...
...often see a funny phrase in some of our exchanges which we do not understand. "The coeducational members of the college," etc. What are "coeducational members?" How are they different from other students? "Strengthen us, enlighten us, we faint in this obscurity...
...race. Harvard's boat was sawed in two for the seventh time this season a few days ago, and the Yale boat-house, with its contents, was burned for the fourth time last night. It is understood that every man of each crew has been heavily bribed to faint while the race is in progress, but there is no doubt that the bribes which have also been paid to them to induce them to win are very large. The betting, at last advices, was even, but President Hanlon, of Harvard, confidently informed a leading citizen of Boston yesterday that...