Word: frown
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...frown distracts him. Well...
...tried to fashion the mite of a frown...
...always thought it his duty to oppose. Undoubtedly to one accustomed, as he has always been, to Eastern luxury, there is something particularly barbaric in an early breakfast; but he must remember that we, unlike him, have been brought up under those strictly Puritan influences which frown down late rising in holy horror. The change is certainly desired by a large majority of those students who board at Memorial. Mr. Growler, if not satisfied, will find the "Holly Tree" open...
...what keeps toadyism alive, the obvious answer is the desire to be popular. Frankness of expression is not compatible with a certain popularity. Nay, more, if you would be popular, you must not by your silence let it be suspected that you inwardly frown on most or much or even some of your neighbors' modes of thought and action. Silence, because men do not know how much you disapprove, is more feared than open censure, and in the uncertainty your disapproval is overestimated, and in proportion feared...
...that the Methodists, Baptists, etc., in Gallatin are really heathens, because they are distinguished from the "Christians." We do not see clearly the distinction, but we cannot believe that heathens form a large proportion of the inhabitants of a place where the public taste is so elevated as to frown down any immoral or insubordinate action...