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Word: mottoes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...with such skill and precision that he could transfix an enemy with it every time at an angle of forty-five degrees. The conditions which he laid down in fighting were of the most desperate nature. An I for an I and a 2 for a 2 was his motto. He had never been known to yield at all in this matter except once, when he put a + for a - and a - for a +. Last but not least, surrounded by trophies of his prowess, sat the bold Sir Elly Mentari de Fisicks. His stern and forbidding mien was an index...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EXTRACT FROM "THE NEW IVANHOE." | 2/25/1881 | See Source »

...giving of large salaries. The crest of this new society is the picture of a goody with broom and duster in her hand getting ready to sweep, which, it will be observed, is true to nature - that being as far as she ever gets. Beneath will be the Latin motto, "Labor omnia vincit...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE JANITORS' BALL. | 2/25/1881 | See Source »

...sweet, laughing voice: "Why, certainly; you know, do you not, that I am of the Aristippean school, and my motto is '???,' that is, 'I smite, but am not smitten...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PER TELEPHONEM. | 6/4/1880 | See Source »

...have my shield in the shape of a diamond, one half blue and one half crimson; on these fields, I would have a few of our victories painted, such as 16 to 3, 9 to 4, c for supports, a fat subscription-book and a complimentary degree; for a motto, The Crimson for ever...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR HERALDRY CLUB. | 3/19/1880 | See Source »

...would be flying plank walks, scholarships free to all, voluntary chapel, and smashed marking systems. The powerful force within the volcano would be called the Crimson. For supports, I would have on one side a large pile of contributions, and on the other a long subscription-list. For a motto, 'Let that be supported which supports...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR HERALDRY CLUB. | 3/19/1880 | See Source »

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