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Word: madam (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Sophomores enter a horse-car; the first takes the only vacant seat, and the second sits in his lap. Presently a young lady enters, and the second Soph, rising, says, "Take my seat, madam." (Fact...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 3/7/1879 | See Source »

SNODKINS has been making calls in Cambridge during the Recess. The mother of one of his lady friends took interest enough in him to inquire what were his intentions in regard to her daughter. "My intentions are to leave, madam," said the hero; and he did. Bravo, Snodkins! (Fact...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 1/10/1879 | See Source »

...with fifteen small children to provide for. How could the husband of such a devoted woman be guilty of any crime? But Jones was too wise to be caught, and, steeling his heart, he tried to crush her by his formula: "It would afford me the sincerest gratification, madam, to furnish you with any pecuniary aid in my power, but I am constrained to say, with the poet, that 'chill penury has froze the genial current of my soul.'" This, delivered in pompous tones and with many a gesture, had its effect, - more sighs and tears. At length she summoned...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHARITY. | 4/4/1873 | See Source »

...made the dupes of Madam Moon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A FABLE. | 3/21/1873 | See Source »

...Madam Moon's resigning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A FABLE. | 3/21/1873 | See Source »

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