Word: merely
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Eastern dancing girls was given as an example of how hard people do strive for success in the lower grades of life. Then another sect, that which ran after pleasure and amusement, was treated of. It was shown what zeal this class expended and what fatigues they underwent for mere pleasure...
...were unmistakable The clear notes of the bird singing out from among the branches were so skillfully introduced and worked up that it did not seem at out of place when these notes were finally played by the bass instruments. And yet some people say that Wagner is all mere noise; could these people have heard the selection played last night and still kept to their idea...
...Mills played tackle on the foot ball team this year. Crosby is also a foot ball man; he played end rush. Balliet rowed on his '92 class crew, and is a good oar. Klimpke has long been a promising candidate for the crew, and of the great Heffelfinger, the mere mention is enough...
...been permitted to disport itself outside the hallowed precincts of New England, the base ball nine should not be granted equal privilege is not entirely clear." The article goes on to state that this decision from the Athletic Committee has proved the New England rule to be a mere blind...
...work Dr. Gray always had in mind one high end. He never considered that Natural History was out of keeping with religion. Mere classification he always considered as dead work...