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Word: gracefully (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...passed upon the thoroughness of the work done by the janitors. The Floor Committee will wear brooms in their button-holes, and the matrons, taken from the best known of the goodies, will be distinguished by dusters at their belts. "Mr. Matthewsalah" who, it is thought, has acquired more grace in skipping than any of the other janitors, will lead the German...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE JANITORS' BALL. | 2/25/1881 | See Source »

...merry laugh and winsome grace...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1. WAR ECHOES. | 2/11/1881 | See Source »

...Derby hat he lifts with airy grace...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CELADON AND CHLOE. | 2/11/1881 | See Source »

Shall it be curse for curse - not grace for grace...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REMEMBERED DOUBT. | 1/14/1881 | See Source »

...those giddy girls again. It was in a stationer's shop where I first saw her. She was standing before a counter, and as I entered she glanced beseechingly toward me with her "violet velvet eyes, over which the silken fringes hung with such tender madonna grace." After a few such glances, that settled it. I could not help breaking my vow only to marry a girl with a million dollars and one lung. Soon she left the shop, and as I hurried past the counter where she had been standing I saw a card on the show-case...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LEFT. | 12/21/1880 | See Source »

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