Word: often
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...sidewalks, and there what do we find? Paving stones sunk below the level of the path, an utter absence of board walks, and everywhere underfoot, pools, rivulets, and streams of water, in which the unhappy student is obliged to wade. We think that this state of things, so often spoken of and so well known, ought to receive at least a trifling consideration from the authorities. If our rustic gardener is ignorant of the state of the walks, our geographical editor will conduct him to the "Chapel Morass," the "Holyoke Pond," the "Library Bog," and many other noted spots...
Long runs have been taken by the crew and substitutes during the many pleasant days of the fall. From ten to twelve miles have often been covered. The final make-up of the eight is of course extremely uncertain as yet, and all guesses must be almost valueless. Of last year's crew, five men are now in college who intend to row this year. Mumford, Keyes, Brooks, Burgess and Colony. These men are all '87, while Alexander, Remington, and Ayer of last year's substitutes are also '87. At first glance it would seem as if '87 would...
...England, and the first Thursday of November was generally selected. Various local customs existed throughout the country during this time, but very slow were the Governors, especially in the southern states, to appoint a day by official decree. New York took up the custom in 1817, but often faltered in expressions of thanks in the succeeding years...
Besides, the lectures last year did not furnish exactly the kind of material in question, they were often too technical and diffuse for the best instruction of the average layman...
...names and tried every possible means to make them feel that they were as degraded as they were painted. The course of social conservatism was advanced by the very existence of political sin, because the personal ambitions of various leaders were pitted against each other and the result was often not so very bad. The progress of San Francisco was identical with that of the whole state. In 1848 it was a little village of four or five hundred inhabitants. In five years it became a city of 25,000 population. Tents were not comfortable, and rude houses of canvas...