Word: nay
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...study, of whatever kind, exclusively pursued, deadens in the mind the interest, nay, the perception of any other...
Just then a voice said 'Nay...
FAGG. (Aside.) Nay, nay, I must my pristine courage show...
...read "Student Life at Harvard"? I don't think any mention is made in it of Percy Altamont Villiers, younger brother of George, the hero of that delightful book. He had read his brother's biography, and, fired by that noble example, he determined to follow in his footsteps, nay, to surpass him. He, too, had had what he called a " fine fit" with a private tutor, and knew few or none of his future classmates, so that he was as well prepared to be a leading man as George had been...
...SAPLING. Nay, nay, mayhap he has forgotten...