Word: often
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...covered on a mild day with a layer of melting slush or mud almost as deep. The remedy is simple and not expensive. With plank walks in some places and not in others a false sense of security from wet feet grows up, which is rudely broken as often as one makes his way libraryward...
...that the college bell may be rung at these hours, namely, at one o'clock and at four o'clock. As long as our instructors will persist, intentionally or not, in keeping their men over the hour, so long will there be a just claim for this demand, for often the instructor, becoming interested in his work, forgets how rapidly the time flies and does not dismiss the section until his attention is called to the time. But as there seems little chance for any change, as our oft-repeated calls for this ringing of the bell have hither...
...were numerous pots, mortars, pestles, etc., which gave it the appearance of the abode of an alchemist. The west window was boarded up and the door was secured by several stout locks, which he always tightly fastened on leaving the room. Of the keys, which he always carried and often dangled in his hand, two were very old and large, from six to eight inches in length and of heavy wrought iron...
...often brought us delicious cakes, which had been sent him from his native country, and once he presented us with a small bag of dates and almonds sent him by the monks of Mt. Sinai, among whom he received his early education. The bag, in shape like a large sausage, was made of the prepared skin of some animal, into which the fruit and nuts had been pounded solidly. When eaten it was cut like an ordinary sausage and the skin peeled off. One evening he came to our house much terrified. He said that he had been attending...
...return depends upon the quality of the stroke, and an accurate gauging of the position of the ball. Consequently, unless the player is too near the net, the longer he waits, the better. The point is that a man should strike as soon as he is prepared. It is often good strategically and it gains time; and the better the player, the sooner he can afford to strike. 2. It is not evident why the "shaping" of the racket is more treacherous in revealing the direction of high volleys than of low volleys. 3. It is not true that...