Word: life
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...this life is darkened, Eleanor...
...circumstances are not affluent, and were it not for the pecuniary emolument of my present employment I should have to deny myself many aids to the spiritual life, e. g. I find that I can enjoy fashionable church privileges in Boston, which I should otherwise be obliged to forego, to the very great detriment of my moral nature; and many other things of like sort. Now, can any one doubt," he went on, "that the spiritual gain more than outweighs the spiritual loss in this case, to say nothing of the fine example of my public acts of virtue, while...
...take care, that others may avoid all sweareing, lieing, curseing, needless asseverations, foolish talkeing, scurrility, babbling, filthy speakeing, chideing, strife, raileing, reproacheing, abusive jesting, uncomely noise, uncertaine rumors, divulging secrets, and all manner of trouble some and offensive gestures, as being the [torn] should shine before others in exemplary life...
Also no students could, "under any pretence whatever, use the company or familiar acquaintance of persons of ungirt and dissolute life," or be present at any "Courts, Elections, Faires, Traineings," etc., without leave; and, finally, they were not allowed to "stay out of the Colledge after nine of the clock at night, nor watch after eleven, nor have a light before four in the morning, except upon extraordinary occasions...
...enfeebled grasp life's crumpled roll...