Word: hanged
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...hang with the strength of despair...
...plan that the system of Eastlake has produced; nor to arrange every corner of a room with a studied attention to the picturesque, which would make it look like a magnified reproduction of a modern genre picture. But it is, if not absolutely necessary, at least highly desirable to hang upon your walls pictures that will suggest ideas; pictures at which you can look with pleasure for more than a single moment; pictures of which you will in time grow fond, instead of longing at the end of a couple of months to pitch them out of the window...
...have received a communication commending the general appearance of the Yard, but suggesting some improvements. The Yard perhaps never looked better than it does at present, but the faded green blinds which hang, most of them on one hinge, before the windows of Holworthy, Hollis, and Stoughton, do not add to the excellence of its appearance. They should either be painted and hung firmly on their hinges, or dispensed with entirely. One of the best features of the Yard at this season of the year is the view under the trees between Holworthy and Grays. The sunlight on the grass...
...more lavish employment of woodbine or ivy. A brick building overgrown with ivy has a most venerable and even picturesque appearance. Of course, ivy could not be trained over the dormitories; but over the ends of Harvard and Holworthy, and, above all, Memorial, ivy or some kindred plant would hang most gracefully. If the naked sides of Memorial were veiled with a rich growth of ivy, the hall might in time be considered a picturesque and beautiful feature in the landscape; while, at present, it appears decidedly to the best advantage at night...
...Hang motionless upon the view...