Word: firstness
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...miles; from the third bridge to the Union Boat House, 2 miles; from the Union Boat House to West Boston Bridge, 3/8 of a mile; from West Boston bridge to East Cambridge bridge, 1/2 a mile; from the Brighton bridge above the Boat House to the first bridge below, 1/2 a mile; from the Boat House to the Watertown Arsenal, 2 3/8 miles...
...these words sprang into an immense use as a consequence of the Chicago fire, and have retained their place in the journalist's dialect ever since. Doubtless the man who invented the expression "Fire-Fiend" thought he had done a good thing in the way of personification, and the first six or seven editorials on the great fire were perhaps strengthened by the use of that bold figure. At any rate, its popularity was insured by the indorsement thus received. The "Phoenix" had also manifested himself to a few hopeful minds at this time, and these two some - what mythical...
...first-class newspaper, with all the modern improvements, will also have a blank for fashionable weddings, just as convenient in its way as the marriage service, and with little but names to be supplied. Here different papers vary a little from each other; but the form in use by one of our prominent journals will serve very well as an example...
...Faculty for their liberal opinions in regard to college discipline. Then, too, some cherished the hope that in no long time this childish system of privates and publics would be done away with. That the rule against smoking in the yard had been set aside, was considered the first step in this direction. For some time, also, no one had received any deductions for snowballing. But alas for our expectations! Within a week, the author of the article in which that system of penalties was proved inefficient, in which, too, the Faculty were praised for their moderation and sympathy with...
...dulness and inanity that we refer to, because such things are likely to happen in the best edited Magenta, but downright, ponderous sermonizing. The Denison Collegian is heavy; never apt to be absolutely feathery, the present number is more soothing and sleep-inviting than any of its predecessors. The first article, "What Next?" is excellent from a theological point of view. Then somebody "does" Herbert Spencer's Philosophy of Style, and this is followed by a "literal translation" from Horace, happily named "The Bore"; it is not particularly well done, but comes as a blessed oasis in the desert...