Word: hanged
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...stiff towels hang on that most exasperatingly upsetable piece of furniture, the towel rack, with a large B worked on each. These towels absolutely refuse to absorb water, but have a pleasing accomplishment of standing up alone; the more pleasing, that it is neither required nor expected of a towel. There is always a fresh cake of soap in the soap-dish, and the stiffest and whitest of tidies on the chairs, the bureau, the wash-stand, and on every other piece of furniture in the room upon which a "tidy" can possibly be placed or pinned...
...their hearts' choice rather than for ambition's sake. Vaux lingered in England until her marriage with Prince Albert put an end to his wildest hopes, and then returned to his native land. Among his many gifts was a splendid voice; and the old ballad of "I'll Hang My Harp on a Willow Tree" was composed by him, she being the heroine of the plaint...
...clouds hang low; the waves run high...
...there would no doubt be much greater activity exhibited by its members, and the benefits derived from membership would be proportionally great. The falling off in revenue would perhaps be considerable; but little money is really necessary for such societies' support. Then a man would be really proud to hang a shingle in his room, as it would be the just recognition of his superior knowledge in some branch...
...that these balls, with the names of the defeated teams and scores painted upon them, be given a place in the Gymnasium; so also, if we are disappointed by any team as we were this year, that the game be forfeited, and the ball ours with the right to hang it up, with the name of that team, and "forfeited" painted upon it. If this plan is adopted, it will tend to make other teams more careful in their appointments, and avoid any more trouble like that incurred this year...