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Word: languor (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...state of our societies suffer much in contrast. Although receiving invitations almost weekly to visit neighboring cities, no one seems to consider them of enough importance to accept. Trips are taken to such places as Malen and Medford, while places like New York and Philadelphia are wholly neglected. Languor and indifference are the prevailing points in our musical organizations. The recent concert of the Pierian Sodality at Sanders showed the presence of talent and ability in this line. Although we cannot dispense with these local concerts, we desire to see Harvard's name and influence extended by the efforts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/18/1888 | See Source »

...greatest. At our present examination season, or earlier, the nervous systems of even the animals we experiment upon in physiological laboratories have so much less vigor as to be unserviceable for certain scientific purposes. The winter is nature's season for indoor and bookish work, while June days bring languor, give a fresh attraction to out-of-doors that comports ill with the culmination of the mental efforts of a year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 6/14/1883 | See Source »

Listen awhile. The languor of the scene...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: KINEO. | 11/11/1881 | See Source »

...languor of the early-summer twilight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TO -. | 2/6/1880 | See Source »

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