Word: heard
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...formerly been the master of the hounds, - a fine-looking old gentleman with snow-white hair and whiskers and ruddy cheeks. The "whip" sounded the horn, and the pack, followed by the riders, started for the woods; for a while they were lost to view, and nothing could be heard but the barking of the hounds in the distance; soon, however, the pack appeared at the top of a hill, and came rushing down, closely followed by the riders, who, after taking two fences, galloped across a field and disappeared again in the woods. After the hunt the team drove...
...BONNE.AS I was thinking about what I should write upon this week, I heard a slight jingling of keys outside the door, followed by a very faint tap. I sang out, "Come"; upon which I heard the sound of a key grating in the lock; but, as the latch was up, the key did n't turn, so it was taken out, and the goody, for she it was, opened the door in the way that anybody else would have tried at first. She glided into the bedroom with a subdued "Good morning, sir," and reappeared with great promptness, having...
DIED at his home in Boston, October 19. It was with deepest sorrow that we heard of his unexpected death. There is always something very sad and solemn in the death of a young man; for he is taken away at the very time he is making ready for life's hard battle, while he is full of hopes and plans for the future, and while his dearest friends are expecting some fruit from him in return for their long labors of love and training. But a death like his is especially sad, because he was himself endowed with...
...that the Nation is wholly negative and destructive, it may be shown that the function of a good newspaper is to be critical in its spirit. It is the tribunal before which the folly, incompetence, and crime that are enacting around us are to be summoned. I have somewhere heard of an enthusiast who started a paper to record the good deeds of men. It is said to have failed from want of news. But I conceive that it must have failed from other reasons. The good deeds of life are ordinarily to be taken for granted...
...summer, leaving a clear vista from one end to the other. It is impossible to speak of the appearance of the Yard without urging again that the barren walls of such buildings as Appleton Chapel and Gore Hall may be covered with ivy or woodbine. We have never heard any one question the fact that the appearance of the buildings would be improved, and it seems remarkable that nothing has ever been done about it. We remember distinctly the delightful sensation of surprise which we experienced last fall on seeing the walks covered with tiles. When we revisit these scenes...