Word: gale
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...whole frame of the aesthete quivered, as he enjoyed a hearty laugh. "You know I wanted to see a big storm. I am very fond of the sea, and I have been at sea in very rough weather. I wanted to see the fury of an Atlantic gale." And to the question as to what reception he had met with from his audiences, he answered: "If you mean those scholars at Boston (laughing heartily), that was a bit of school-boy fun not meant in any sort of malice." Then he entered upon an explanation of his mission in America...
Like a weather-cock's vane in a gale...