Word: much
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...consider myself habitually of a fault-finding disposition, but in my complaint I am supported by a majority of students, and it seems to us quite an unfair thing for an instructor to give out a paper with as much work on it as is generally to be found in any two hour paper. Although it is quite a difficult thing for him to judge exactly how long his paper shall be, yet he should bear in mind that there are many students who cannot write one half as rapidly as others, and who, also, lacking conciseness in expressing themselves...
...born in the year 1758 under the Great Elm, a picturesque and lonely spot. But his parents soon became dissatisfied with the situation, and so moved to 924 Beacon Street, which was then the fashionable quarter of the town. We smile when we think of this, and how much we have changed since those quaint times...
...great poet; indeed, he used to receive censure-marks for writing verses too much during the Chemistry lectures, and then reciting them aloud under the impulse of inspiration, while the professor was engaged in performing experiments. But his native courtesy ever for bade him from interrupting the lecturers while speaking...
...know him," I replied. "He does look something like you, but is dressed rather differently; still he acts much as you do. He is a good fellow...
...seen. I thought I heard some one in the distance repeating, "Arma virumque cano; Trojae -"; but I may have been mistaken; and, in fact, I am a little afraid that my imagination, always strong, on this occasion completely ran away with me. However, since that time I have lost much of my admiration for my former idol, and am rather getting to think Tom Brown the better fellow...