Word: grind
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...rare chance, I want to grind...
...balm, for we dream of it; when we awake, we see from our window a glaring bulletin about the "dining hall." Oh, what have we done to merit this? If we have sinned, then let the mills of the gods, like the tutor paid by the hour, grind slowly, but oh, exceeding fine...
...some very, very nice college men at a german, though, - they were extremely dignified. Some of them told me all about how they spend their time, and I think Harvard life must be perfectly delightful. One very pale man went home early. My cousin said he had to grind, because he was a law pill. Isn't that a horrid name? Arthur Pendennis is here in the Freshman class. He is just as conceited as he can be. My cousin says he drinks. If Mr. Styleslinger calls on you, just tell him that I have had ever so much attention...
...study was bad form; and as for going to recitations, why, I never go. But as this letter is to you, and is withal a frank confession, I will acknowledge studying a little now and then when I think no one will see me; for to be found grinding is to be held up for ridicule to all the "best men" of the College. No one objects to your standing up high in your class if you can do it without seeming to grind; in fact, great natural ability and "to know it all before you came" is very advantageous...
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