Word: moods
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Knights of the Square Table," which it seems indulged in supper-parties at Fresh Pond and Gallagher's. But Motley, though a genial companion to his intimate friends, was far from being universally popular. "He did not care to make acquaintances, was haughty in manner and cynical in mood." He cared little for the society of young ladies, and, though celebrated for his beauty, either had no vanity, or succeeded remarkably well in concealing...
This was the spirit, I fancy, in which a great many went to the concert; and as I went up the steps, I own that the prospect was gloomy. However, once in the house, near some very pretty faces, I could no longer remain in my cynical mood...
...dinner hour. I sauntered through the dim hall, and read the names upon the tablets. Free from the anxiety which had made me oblivious to all the beauties of the building upon my first visit, I was now in a mood to feel the deepest patriotism. But when I found myself regretting that I too had not graduated in time to fall at Gettysburg, I thought it best to interrupt that train of thought, and so I hurried up the dark stairway to the gallery...
...proceeding, then, was one of the customs of the Memorial boarders! Is it gentlemanly, when a person is guilty of a breach of decorum, to inform him of his error by becoming guilty likewise? "No," said I, "I will stick by the club." And I fell into a gloomy mood, induced more by the thought of the present depravity of the youth and beauty than by any regret for their future fate...
When in a singing mood...