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Word: om (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...signals given according to State House Time will stop at Greenwich midnight, Saturday, November 17, 1883; that is, at about 7h. 16 P. M., by the local time. The signals according to "Eastern time" will begin at Greenwich noon on Sunday, November 18; that is, at 7h Om A. M., by the new standard. The minute immediately preceding 7h A. M. will be entirely occupied by a long rattle of about 36 seconds and a pause of about 24 seconds. This will also occur during the minutes immediately preceding the hours 8, 9, 10, and 11, A. M. The first...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD COLLEGE OBSERVATORY. | 11/17/1883 | See Source »

...doth the young man of the class that is called Sof om oar array himself in purple and fine linen, and, with a face shining as the sun, save where it is marred by a hurried shave, he hasteneth to the house of music and the dance, and sayeth, "Go to; now will I enjoy myself, eat, drink, and be a masher;" and lo, as he entereth the chamber of the dance, he perceiveth even afar off a maiden of the tribes that dwell beyond the Hudson, - yea, even on the shores of the great seas have they...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GO AND DO THOU NOT LIKEWISE. | 1/14/1881 | See Source »

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