Word: household
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...characters and measures of an administration, and dictating the policy of his country. In almost all families of this class the mother and her daughters lead a life of meritorious diligence and economy, while the husband is merely a bond of union and a legal protector of the household. Accordingly he is paid and supported, not for his services, but for his presence..... He is a being creeping along the limits of animated and unanimated existence, and serving, like an oyster, as a middle link between plants and animals." I board at Memorial Hall; will not some one who boards...
...vacated in the fall. The building which has been offered them proves strong and substantial, and the Corporation agrees to move it to any available spot which the societies interested may show a preference for. Rooms will then be fitted up to the satisfaction of the societies, and their household gods will be moved for them to the new quarters. Strenuous efforts have been made to prevent the disturbance of the existing order of things, but the Corporation say that they have become convinced, against their will, that it is for the best interest of the College that societies...
...result of conscientious adherence to a code like this was very remarkable; and the peculiar ideas of the mound-builders are so clearly shown in a fable, which appears to have been one of their household words, that I shall conclude this brief article with a translation of some of the most prominent parts...
...occupants of the rooms in the lower stories, as the water poured down from above, began to be concerned for the welfare of their household gods. They were assisted in removing their Penates from a watery grave by many willing hands, and in an hour everything was taken from the building, except the furniture in the rooms of the Pi Eta Society, where the fire was raging...
...scientific facts are frequently introduced at times when their connection with the subject of discourse is imperceptible. His conversation at its best would never be selected as a model of grammatical purity or refined elegance. The name of every by-way in his neighborhood is to him a household word; but he is a comparative stranger to the highways, and when seen there, is usually observed to appear ill at ease...