Word: knows
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...after living two days in this apartment that the Rev. Jenkyns Phillpot told his wife that to know the Butterfields was a liberal education. Phillpot's great trouble at home is that he cannot keep his own wash-rag; if the children get into the bath-room before him in the morning, they invariably use his wash-rag, and the consequence is that Phillpot's heart leaps for joy whenever he visits strangers and has a wash-rag all to himself; and then Phillpot has been strongly impressed by the portrait of Mrs. Butterfield over the mantel-piece...
...obtain in Montreal the best quality of lacrosse sticks, and bring them here for $1.25 apiece, provided I take a dozen or more. If, then, those gentlemen who desire them will leave their names and the price at 50 Matthews before March 30, letting me know at the same time whether they use right or left sticks, I can promise them the best quality of Canadian stick, such as is used by the Montreal Lacrosse Club...
...best that they should live. How should we know what the last thing in neck-wear was if that blank-faced young man, X -, did not consider it his duty to keep the run of the proper things to support his chin, and serve as a walking show-case to his less ambitious neighbors...
Account and mine, should know the like no more...
Some curiosity has been expressed to know when the series of pianoforte recitals by Prof. Paine, announced in the catalogue, will take place. Much interest is taken in the propect of their continuation this year...