Word: heard
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...afterwards found his match at that coal-office. A younger employee, a youth with small and silky beard, showed strategic powers far superior to those of my friend. Smith and I were one day seated in his room, - which, by the way, is a very pleasant one, - when we heard some one ascend the stairs with nimble step and cheerful whistle. He went past Smith's door and up the next flight to one of the rooms above. In about five minutes' time he came down, whistling as before, and with light knock and heavy kick demanded admittance...
...have recently heard many: complaints from the members of '74, of the sudden disappearance from the College Library of the books which contained the subject-matter of their themes. It would be well for the favored few to remember, in future, that books of this character are reserved for all, and that their disappearance is attended with great inconvenience to many...