Word: hearings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Clang! swurr! The perspiration stood on my brow; a reckless desperation seized upon me. I hurled it into the closet, and tumbled all my clothes - dress suit and all - down upon it. Spiz! wrurr! like ten thousand furies. Was there no way to stop the cursed thing? I could hear Boxer stirring. There was a movement downstairs. Clang! whirr! clang! I rushed frantically to the window, tore up the sash, and hurled the infernal machine out into the air. Clang! jang! whirr! it mocked at me, as it whirled off. I heard a half-suppressed chuckle behind me. I turned...
...hear each word they...
...hear your foot where the brown leaves...
...gazed persistently at the flying landscape until we arrived at our destination. Then I linked my arm in his, and held him firmly, although I saw he was in a poetic frenzy, for he was swearing under his breath all the while; but I pretended not to hear. We found Mrs. Tennyson awaiting us with a horse and buggy...
...esteemed by the authorities a "favor" on their part. But the impression remains, that what are called "favors" are oftentimes ungraciously bestowed. Surely all the advantage is not on one side; and even members of the Corporation may derive some good from the efforts of undergraduates. We hope to hear less of "favors" in the future...