Word: fill
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...chief obstacle to this plan is the expense of providing books for the alcoves. It would not do to have these books taken out, for this would hinder the very purpose for which the alcoves were fitted up; nor would it do to fill the alcoves with the books already in the Library, for this would hinder our present chance to take out books. It would be necessary to purchase duplicates of books already in the Library, and, in addition, many new volumes needed in special studies; this would involve an expense that the authorities would hardly think justifiable...
...thought I would let you finish the job, and therefore jumped into the coal-hole. Much obliged to you for this cheerful blaze, by the by. Can I do anything for you ?" "Yes," said I, "you have a prior right to the management of this fire, so suppose you fill the scuttle...
...marshy ground in the Campus at Brown having been filled in, a botanist in the Brunonian deplores the disappearance of the Viburnum lentago, Chelone glabra, and Ilex verticillata; we are happy to hear, however, that the Campus still boasts the possession of many rare and beautiful flowers, whose names fill up about a column in the Brunonian; among the prettiest of these names are Polygonum orientale, Campanula rapunculoides, and Alopecurus pratensis. It would be equally inelegant, impolite, and unnecessary to advise the Brunonians to "go to grass...
...fact that a majority of the old crew are to continue in their places seems to have hindered applications to fill the vacancies. This is not as it should be. The crew still have need of men, and those who have any ambition to sit in this year's boat should at once present themselves. The crew are now using the eight-oar and the pair-oar. The thing most needed to assist in the practice is a steam launch, and we hope that some means will be taken to provide such a boat. For private reasons, Mr. Watson...
Strong, steady, clear, and cold, which fill the heart...