Word: old
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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PRIVATE theatricals will be given in aid of the "Old South Fund," at Union Hall, Boston, on Thursday evening, January 24. The managers, Messrs. Caleb E. Gowen and Franklin D. Field, have prepared two plays, "La Poudre aux Yeux," and "Dreams of Delusion." The music will be furnished by the Pierian Sodality. Gentlemen are expected to appear in full dress. Tickets may be obtained of Messrs. J. A. Mead, 13 M., and Wm. J. Gaston...
...space now given to the reading-room is small, noisy, and poorly lighted. In its place we shall have the whole of the old hall, including the alcoves; and this will be lighted from above as well as from larger windows at the ends. The present noise will cease when the workmen are withdrawn; and we shall then have a roomy, quiet reading-room, where work will no longer be at the risk of blindness...
...some shopping, and that I must drive her over. I had made different plans, but there was no appeal from her decision, and I obeyed. The only horse she would ride after was the bristly patriarch I have described, while the carriage she preferred was a huge old vehicle that my grandfather bought almost half a century ago. With this unique team we started for Bixby...
...learned of my aunt's views, for just at this point she discovered that I had driven by the cross-road where we should have turned. There was nothing to be done but to turn around. The road was narrow, and I had to back. The gray old patriarch, in attempting the reverse motion, could not manage his huge feet, tripped, sat on his haunches a moment dejectedly, then helplessly rolled over on his side, drew a long breath, closed his eyes, and lay motionless...
...watching the University Crew the visitor is much struck with the easy, matter-of-fact way in which the old men do their work as contrasted with the stiffer, more labored, and less efficient efforts of the new men. To the old men rowing seems to be the most natural thing in the world. It is worth rowing a couple of years to acquire that graceful, powerful style and swing which seem to make the severest labor mere pastime. The new men are stout, vigorous fellows; but they bucket, catch behind the others, do not go back far enough, hurry...