Word: languished
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...international matches with the gentlemen's teams of Canada. Nothing objectionable has ever been found about the games played with clubs from the Dominion, and there is no reason to suppose there will be. This suggestion is offered as a reason why foot ball should not be allowed to languish while the present interdict of the faculty remains in force...
...that ruby-red roses should languish...
...federation of individuals for the purpose of extracting from some particular sport a greater amount of enjoyment than could be otherwise obtained is a practical example of the old adage, "Union is strength." Without such federations many of our pastimes would languish instead of being, as they now are, in the vigor of strength; and in some cases they would not even languish, but would inevitably cease to exist...
...might possibly be extended, if the interest taken in it warranted its extension, and the works of Dante read, together with those perhaps of Goethe and Schiller, and other great authors not previously announced. The course would be curtailed only in case the interest of the audience seemed to languish. We hardly think it necessary to impress strongly on undergraduates that with them depends the success of this undertaking, for it is impossible for us to believe that they can be so blind to their own good as to neglect such a golden opportunity for liberal culture...