Word: hauntingly
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...reward of $25; we sincerely hope that some well-deserving fellow will improve this opportunity of turning twenty-five hundred honest pennies. Where are the Johns and the Michaels, the Phillips and the Patricks, faithful slaves of the water-pail and the coal-hod, who never cease to haunt our College buildings? Let them add one more employment to their varied lives, and apprehend this thief...
...Haunt the Murderer till...
...When Charles Lamb complained of the decay of beggers in the metropolis, he was surely thinking more of those who appeal for charity in the streets than of those who haunt the doors of our lodgings. These latter are the ones who besiege us, and nuisances they are. If I could have my way I'd banish them all to Chelsea, - I can think of nothing worse. Some of the older ones in the business must have got rich by this time. Nobody knows how many Credit Mobilier shares they own. They are one of the drawbacks of student life...
...long in the room as the man who sells Bibles. Let no one infer that I think that students should not give in charity. Without doubt they might make the best possible use of some of their spare pocket-money by relieving real distress. But these people who haunt our rooms not only are a nuisance, but also prevent all true charity by offering such worthless objects...