Word: lieing
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...wished for them. There is some trouble affecting them that, for want of a better word, may perhaps be called indifference. The managers have done everything in their power to make the dances attractive, and praise is due them for their efforts. The difficulty, however, seems to lie in a mistaken idea prevalent among dancing men, that if they invite partners for the German, bouquets are de rigueur, and the inconvenience of sending flowers oftentimes, no doubt, deters men from asking ladies to the assemblies. It is our desire to correct this impression as far as we can, using...
...cheerful moments she would unexpectedly spring all sorts of Bible questions upon me, and snort triumphantly when I failed to answer them. In the evening she would sing in a cracked, trembling voice the most dismal of old minor airs until I was sent trembling to bed, there to lie awake in terror, thinking every rat in the ancient house was a gibbering ghost. I once innocently asked her if she ever had a chance to get married; but I never repeated the question...
...books as they arrive in the Library are now placed in a bookcase on the central desk of the Reading-Room instead of being allowed to lie promiscuously scattered on the table, as heretofore...
Silent they lie, unheeding sun or rain...
...Soon shall I lie...