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Word: letting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...willing, it seems to me, to submit themselves to one great tailor or another great tailor, and try to persuade themselves that all the good taste in the world is summed up in him. But surely this is not the deepest, the truest way of looking at things. Let me illustrate this...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MY CLOTHES. | 12/9/1881 | See Source »

...questionable; and persons unaccompanied by students should at all hazards be rigidly excluded. The Board of Directors have it in their power to take immediate steps toward remedying present evil; and that the majority of the Association are in favor of a very radical change, we thoroughly believe. Let us be spared the sight in our beautiful dining-hall of those to whom society almost denies its gutters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/9/1881 | See Source »

...will never let a stranger be my master...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR FIRST FAMILIES. | 11/25/1881 | See Source »

...last, tired out, he sat down to rest; and then, for the first time, he noticed that day was nearly done. He was frightened, now, for the girl's sake; he shouted, "Tue! Tue! You will be lost! I promise not to touch you; only come here, and let us go home." But the girl did not answer; and after another unsuccessful search for her he was forced to start home without...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR FIRST FAMILIES. | 11/25/1881 | See Source »

...Ibex moved towards the door. "Oh, wait! let me read you some out of this," said the Lamprey, holding up a small but formidable pamphlet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE LAMPREY AND THE IBEX. | 11/25/1881 | See Source »

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