Word: fathers
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...associations connected with it; if the Pilgrims upon landing had taken up their quarters in Grays, and had planted this tree that there might be something fresh and modern in the neighborhood to relieve the antique barrenness of their abode; or if Mr. G. Washington, the only and original father of his country, had, while his troops were encamped in the College buildings, been seized with a severe attack of his monomania, and had gone to whittling the tree or otherwise mutilating it with edged tools; or if the early College presidents had been in the habit of hanging their...
...were in the best of spirits, Will and I. He had received, that afternoon, a substantial check from his father's ample exchequer; and the same mail had brought me several interesting numbers of Words of Good Cheer from my former Sunday-school teacher...
...leaned further forward, close to the gleaming bald-head, and said in tones clear and distinct: "Isn't it about time for the curtain to rise, father?" . . . I have n't been to the theatre since. I don't enjoy it as much as some folks do. I don't think it's quite moral...
Dragged her to her father's door...
...gentleman walked up to the window, and began to examine the fruit. 'Very fine pears,' he said, 'it is a variety rare about here, too.' 'They look first rate,' Doc. answered, 'though I've not tasted them yet.' 'You'll find them very good, I assure you,' Father Packard observed blandly, as he moved toward the door. 'Very good indeed. I took great pains with that graft! Good-day.' And poor C. never had a chance to explain that he wasn't the man who purloined them...