Word: half
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...solid rock, and, half afraid...
...FRIEND of the Gray collection has recently purchased the engraving stand in the Library, given it to the Scientific School, and presented us with a new one. The new stand will hold thirty leaves, each leaf half as large again as the old ones. It will thus be able to contain the larger engravings, which will not require to be sewed in. Though the whole number of leaves will not be mounted immediately, the engravings will probably be changed once a month...
...those happy mortals who are content to let well enough alone in these matters, neither half of this question has any interest; but to those who intend to change their present rooms, or who may say of their chums and themselves, "And we've agreed together that we can never agree," the decision of one or both parties is of some importance...
...This involves a twofold inconvenience. First, for the scholar; if his aptit des show themselves tardily, and he then wishes to pursue classical studies, he is obliged to begin his course of study at an age when those who at the outset embraced secondary instruction have accomplished nearly the half of their course. The second inconvenience of this system affects the teachers of primary schools, who, not having any distant perspective before them, or the hope of any advancement, lack that most powerful stimulant, personal ambition, and become either dull or discouraged...
...half out o' the waves they...