Word: nearer
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...cross-beams of the Gymnasium are so high that it will be impracticable to hang the "aerial machinery" from them. Probably it will be necessary to put in an iron framework nearer the floor, to remedy the error...
...side was a mirror of fifty or more feet in length. My question was forestalled by the information that "the Freshmen practise the 'Harvard Swing' along there." We passed on. Through a half-open door I caught a glimpse of a few men putting up dumb-bells. I drew nearer, but my companion grasped me by the arm, and said in a hoarse whisper, "Don't go in there. It is dangerous. They are Law Students. Don't you see their beards?" I did n't, but nevertheless hurried away and returned to the office...
...think it no more than right that the distance should be decreased in some way. It is not right that the time of sixty or seventy men should be wasted twice a week by such a long walk as the distance now is. Either let the College be moved nearer to the Botanical Garden, or let the Botanical Garden be transplanted to some position nearer to the College. Or, if the College is too poor to go to this expense, I would respectfully suggest that the Faculty furnish conveyances to and fro. The cost need not be large...
...need a guide? Doubtless! I would offer my services. I wished that I was better posted in the history of the College; but I could easily fill up the gaps by a little invention besides, the breeze laden with sweet-scented hay would teach me eloquence. I drew nearer to the party...
...similar quotation somewhat longer and, if possible, more brilliant will make a good conclusion. The intervening part, the body of the dissertation, should be carefully arranged, and have several marked divisions. Such divisions encourage the reader, for, without counting the remaining pages, he can see that he is drawing nearer the end; and they also are extremely handy when you wish to serve up an extract as a theme or forensic. Treat your subject with all possible skill, and remember that when it proves rather unmanageable, a neat allusion to the learning and taste of the reader is of great...