Word: path
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...practice of wearing long hair had even once been admitted during its tender years, there is no telling what would have become of the college. The careful and nourishing development of centuries has brought to use the suave gentility of the festive "bangs;" had we started upon the other path, today we should undoubtedly be under the wild, weird sway of o'er barbarous aestheticism...
...much cherished liberty to be allowed to walk on the grass, but it seems as if we might sacrifice one comfort so far as not to continually use the same path. In this way the appearance of the lawns would be greatly improved without serious inconvenience to anyone...
...five minutes, making no account of the dead boughs and thorny vines that impeded his way; then realizing that he must be on the wrong path, he stopped to consider. The girl could not be far from him, that was sure; he therefore rushed to this side and to that, vainly hoping to catch a glimpse of the fair. At last, tired out, he sat down to rest; and then, for the first time, he noticed that day was nearly done. He was frightened, now, for the girl's sake; he shouted, "Tue! Tue! You will be lost! I promise...
Meanwhile Tue had been lucky in her escape. The noise that Ching made in crashing through the bushes had warned her of his whereabouts; and she had only to keep out of his path. She hurried on for more than a mile, when the distant roar of the ocean called her to herself; she looked around her, and saw the sun setting, and the forest unfamiliar...
...interesting state, one that is warranted to fascinate the fair sex. Then it 's a sure remedy for unpleasant engagements; and you can shake a bore on the strength of it every time. But, my young friend, do not allow these allurements to tempt you into the rash path that leads per asthma ad astra. Breathing slowly and peaceably is a boon which you will learn how to appreciate when you have finished your diurnal sweater of five miles, - a mere nothing, Jim will call it. No! If a man bores you, you can go to sleep; if an engagement...