Word: heroic
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...have learned, that the Borsair is by no means easy to get along with. The next man was pitched out, and the third scraped the airy vault of heaven with what seemed to every one a home run; but little they recked of the noble L. F., the heroic Blister; this gallant man, with measured step and song, froze to the sphere with one hand while running backward, and the Hod-lifters retired with no runs...
They accordingly now invite the graduates and students of the University and the community at large to testify their appreciation of the heroic life and character of Gen. W. F. Bartlett by providing the means to carry out the above plans. Contributions may be paid to the treasurer, Gen. Charles L. Peirson, 44 Kilby Street, Boston, or, if more convenient, to any other member of the committee...
...college life had faded; and in its place was a gaudy thing, like one of those strange works of Turner, hideous and unreal. When will the Freshman be himself again? Perhaps in four years, - perhaps to-morrow. Until then we shall know him by his feigned face and mock-heroic air: for we, too, have all seen Humbug; and many of us, like the Freshman, have taken his advice. A few there are who realize that they have heard only Humbug's side of the question...
...Paul Aker's heroic bust of Milton, the one which Hawthorne praises so highly in the "Marble Faun," has been purchased for the library of Colby University...
...majority of the undergraduates; and if certain notions of etiquette did not seal the lips of many, this public opinion would be so generally expressed that the persons whose animal spirits find a vent in these periodical disturbances would discover that their proceedings are generally considered rather foolish than heroic. And if they recognized this fact, it is highly probable that they would soon choose some more thoughtful and less injurious method of amusing themselves and their friends...