Word: offing
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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Of sun-glare regardless, sat patiently eager.
In tones of entreaty at times he besought
It has been told me that a classmate was exceedingly pleased with a story, which finally lost its point by the frequent repetitions he gave it. His friends wished to turn him from the error of his ways. Consequently, one day when at dinner and engaged in the recital of...
In college circles, owing to this very prevalence of roughing, a person is guarded in his expressions, and assures himself of the correctness of statements before venturing to make them. It renders him more careful and less apt to blunder through fear of jesting at his expense. But it is...
A vender of trinkets, in unshaded seat,