Word: greatly
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...cloud obscure thee; thou great star...
...PROPOSE to devote this article to the amenities of college life in May. We have been told a great many times what a delightful month this is in other places, but Harvard has certain beauties of its own at this time of the year that are worthy of record, and would be sufficient even for a tolerably long epic. First, of course, here as everywhere else, we have this delightful spring weather, these beautiful days with the mercury reaching after ninety, and your spring suit still at the tailor's. Then these charming evenings, occupied in grinding for the annuals...
...mentioned was Kars. Keeping to my intention of getting up the war thoroughly, I turned to the map to see where this heathen citadel was situated. After looking for a long time in the wrong place, I was successful, - a result which I had expected would give me a great deal of pleasure. But when I came to compare my feelings after finding Kars with my state of mind before its discovery, I could not perceive that I felt any happier. In fact, I did not feel so happy; for now, whenever I heard any one mention Turkey...
...with great regret that we find ourselves called upon to notice so disgraceful an affair as that which occurred, recently, under the auspices of the owner of a bull-dog. As most of our readers are acquainted with the circumstances of the case, we will not enter into them, but that so flagrant an exhibition of cruelty and rowdyism should pass among us without notice would justify the accusations of a low standard of morality which writers in the Transcript have striven so hard to substantiate. The individuals who were concerned in the affair are liable to prosecution for cruelty...
LAST Saturday's races were a great success, so far, at least, as concerns the interest taken in them. The new system that has been adopted - of closing the entry-book the night before - has given much satisfaction to all the boating men; it avoids endless confusion on the morning of the races, and affords the captains of the different crews time to draw the lots properly. Rather contrary to expectation, the entry-book was well filled on Friday evening, there being thirty-four names entered for the six-oars and thirty-two for the four-oars. There...