Word: meaningly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...sorry to notice a mean and cowardly attack upon our esteemed friend "Ephraim" in the last number of the Athenaeum. This gentleman has certainly not laid himself open to personal asperities; his reviews and criticisms have been distinguished for good temper, exact judgment, moderation, and ability; and his manly refusal to enter into any duel with the Athenaeum can only confirm us in our previous high opinion...
...Mnag," exclaimed she, as a means of drawing him out, "what do you think of our village? I suppose it seems mean and petty to a great traveller and thinker like...
...requires more than a mere name to make a college institution; it requires the interest and approval of the men." What does the Advocate mean by "the men, - those who play Lacrosse or tennis, or those who do not? If it refers to those only who take active part in the games, the remark is merely a bald truism. No man would be such an idiot as willingly to engage in anything which he disapproved of and felt no interest in. But if the Advocate is referring to outsiders, what is the statement meant to prove? For surely it cannot...
...Pitied? What do you mean, Carl? What is the matter with...
...Lasell Leaves is as fresh and girlish as ever (we mean this as a compliment), and is really a treat after wading through the Oberlin Review with its six-page criticisms on "Self-Culture," and its other discouraging articles. "Romance of the Rose,' though not a new idea, is very prettily written. "The Big Creamy Bowl" and "Grand Reception" smack a little of boarding school...