Word: manned
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...proceed to the story, this interesting young man goes out "buggy-riding" with a young lady who is described as an incorrigible flirt, but who is really in love with her companion. Why, with his insufferable conceit, he is not aware of this fact, we are not told; at any rate, he is not aware of it, and proceeds to lecture the young lady on the sin of flirtation. She is so cut to the heart that she persuades the horse to run away, throws the reins out of the buggy, and faints. By a wonderful gymnastic feat the Puppy...
...question of opening our Library Sunday is to be distinguished from the broad question of opening city libraries on that day. The working-man may, and doubtless does, find in the change from the noisy workshop to the quiet library and from manual to mental labor a real rest. Again, a city library reaches a class of the community which the church has not reached, - a class which needs just such help as a library can give...
...quite a varied assortment of benches and chairs, but the popular verdict seems to be that they are all more or less uncomfortable, and there will be great interest taken in what will next be given us to rest on. We have even heard it proposed that every man should provide his own chair, - a plan which certainly would make a novel and interesting recitation-room ; for if there is one thing on which every man has certain pet ideas it is an easy-chair. Perhaps, however, long narrow tables and plain cane-seated or wooden arm-chairs would...
...OSSIP," in the Crimson of December 7, wrote an attack on "self-styled" independence. In an answer to this article we suggested that " Ossip's " independent man was only a straw man, or in case he did exist, that he was a very foolish and ill-mannered creature. We defended real independence, which we said consisted "in fearlessly acting in accordance with the dictates of a manly conscience with absolute disregard to popular opinion," and " in fearlessly speaking whenever there is a principle at issue." In illustration of the second principle we said that when Hollis Holworthy " talked like...
...Ossip" says, in his first article, that the independent man blurts out his opinions "in the face of established and recognized principles," and in his second, that we, being an example of that kind of independent man, are blurting out our opinions when we disapprove of H. H.'s foolish talk about drunkenness. Does he mean that he considers foolish talking about drunkenness in accord with " an established and recognized principle" ? If not, what does he mean...