Word: fasting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...SCENE. - Fast's study. On a table in the centre are dust-covered books, on top of which are empty sardine boxes and beer bottles; webs on the ceiling; beetles and spiders flitting through the air. Before the fire stands Fast roasting an oyster. Day breaking...
...FAST. - How my eyes ache! How my head hums! Oh! that I could have gone to Miss Vasaline's German to-night instead of memorizing those Chinese books for to-morrow's examination...
DEAR FRIEND, - The charms of my University life exceed even my fondest anticipations. Society here is intense. Cambridge is so rich in intellectual life, in local color, that one's faculties are kept in constant tension. I feel that I am improving very fast under these stimulating influences. The instructors are all men of tone. Some of them are inclined to talk upon matters not connected with the recitation, but they are always interesting. I am delighted to be able to tell you that Harvard has been grossly misrepresented by the public press. The students do not even stare...
...Harriman in the 1/4-mile run "for boys, 16 years and under." With a field of 16 starters, in the final heat he easily took the lead and kept it without difficulty, winning, finally, in 57 1/4 seconds, which, for a race under the above conditions, is very fast. He runs in excellent form, and we shall look for his name among the winners at next spring's Inter-scholastic Games...
...FAST and low his breast was heaving...