Word: losely
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...large attendance at the chapel services Sunday morning is a strong evidence that men are willing and anxious to attend church services when suitable inducements are offered. Who would willingly lose an opportunity to hear a sermon preached by such a man as Noah Porter? On the other hand, who cares about listening to a soporific discourse delivered by one Mr. Smith...
...dear boy: The more you are abused the more welcome you will be. For I remember how kind your country was to me, and at your age I had not done one-tenth your work. May my right hand fail me when I forget this. But don't you lose heart or come to dislike America, for, whatever is said or done, the real heart of this strong young world demands and will have fair play for all. This sentiment is deep and substantial, and will show itself when appealed to. So go ahead, my brave youth, and say your...
...follows: "The Acta hopes that this slight change may be but the precursor of greater ones in the marking system itself. As the college course becomes more and more elective, and Columbia takes on more of the character of a university, the marking system, in its present form, must lose ground." The marking system in vogue in most of our American colleges has been strongly attacked by nearly every member of the college press, and is generally regarded as one of those relics of old-fogyism that are being constantly exterminated from our progressive institutions. That the marking system...
Dabbling a chubby hand i' the fount, to lose...
...these general, indefinite assertions invariably lose credence as they approach the hyperbolic; hence they fail to carry entire conviction. This was my experience. I saw the necessity of presenting the bald, unerring figures...