Word: manners
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...knowledge, cost over one hundred and twenty-five. The number of voters are usually large and the majorities small. One election started, after some pairing, at one hundred and eight to one hundred and eight and three scattering, and remained in that locality for nine hours, during which all manner of devices were resorted to by both sides...
...ability, or he must show himself capable of most diligent application. Now will the HERALD insist that a man possessing these qualities "cannot do much to ennoble his profession?" I say the influence a man shall have on his profession depends on the man himself and not upon the manner of entering that profession. The man who attains rank in his profession by "his own native talents and feelings" is not, as the HERALD implies, that one alone who can dispense with the aid of a scholarship, but it is rather the man who is educated by such...
First round. - The men lost no time in getting to work, and went at it in a manner which showed that they were thorough masters of the art. They both went down but such was their skill that neither seemed able to get the other over; finally, however, Bangs' weight told in his favor and he got a leg hold which he retained successfully and threw Lilienthal heavily. Time...
...present from the University of California, Asbury University of Indiana, Johns Hopkins University of Maryland and Denniston University of Ohio. The enjoyment of the evening was still further hightened by the presence of Hon. Schuyler Colfax, an enthusiastic member of the fraternity, who replied to a toast in a manner appropriate to the occasion. Other replies were made by representative...
...studies pursued are the acquiring of a graceful step and ease of manner. The importance of these the capable and efficient instructors quickly impress upon one with a club and a choice vocabulary of oaths. No rhetoric is taught the pupils; indeed they are taught that "silence is golden" in every case, excepting when a delicate musical effect is to be produced. Then loud whispering and giggling is firmly insisted on, to heighten the impression. Applications for admission are received at the stage door of the theatre. The fee for instruction is merely nominal. The only requirement is to pass...