Word: nayeli
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Chapter III.DE SMYTHE had a delightful evening. Never had his Evangeline been so charming or so gracious. He spoke of love and she did not say him nay. He was intoxicated with happiness. But all things must have an end, and about two A. M. De Smythe began to become conscious that he must go. As he put on his overcoat he felt the parcel in the breast-pocket, and, without stopping to account for its presence, drew it out and handed it to Evangeline...
...into a student's room, and remove a picture from the wall because its coloring displeased him? And yet his act at Memorial was exactly equivalent to this. He entered the hall, to which he had no official claim, and insulted those who rightly held authority there. Nay, more, he did not simply show a contempt of the Directors, but offered an affront to the Corporation; for it was a usurpation of their rightful prerogative. Was he really ignorant of his functions, and did he only discover afterwards that the Board of Directors was not under his control? Then...
...Nay, even to your dog, what pitying grace...
Look more pleasant? Nay, I cannot...
...concerts, lectures, and consultations in Sever, Harvard, Boylston, and University for five months now, and the end must be near. What man has done man can (en)du(re). But the pitcher may go to the bat once too often. If the Calendar goes back on me, I feel - nay, I know - that the Somerville Society of Naturals will welcome to its midst one of Harvard's bright particular stars. Good Heavens! what do I know? - or rather, what don't I know? At a Greek reading, I can tell you the style of worm they used for fishing...