Word: perfection
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...PASSED the greater part of the summer on my cousin's cattle-ranch in Texas. Among my other memorable exploits there, I bought a Texan pony. To be sure, my early training had not been such as to make me perfect, or even very proficient, in the necessary requirements of the successful horse-dealer. Still it occurred to me that I knew one or two things about a horse; I imagined I could tell one about as far as I could see him. So I viewed my purchase with the air of a connoisseur. I regarded him as entirely...
...rapid increase which mining is undergoing, and we cannot fail to see how valuable and necessary a part of a practical education a thorough knowledge of Chemistry is destined in a few years to become. On this account it seems strange that Harvard, whose Chemistry department is wellnigh perfect, should neglect to provide for instruction in such an important branch as Practical Assaying. Perhaps the proximity of the Boston Institute of Technology has induced our Faculty to believe that any such course at Harvard was needless, but we are positive that there are many of us who would be glad...
...hard thing - a very torture - for a young girl to surrender herself to a master; only perfect love, or abundant C. O. D., can lessen the pain...
...accuracy of everything printed in the Cabalist can be vouched for with perfect safety, as nothing is put in our columns which has not first received the approval of the Faculty and Board of Overseerers assembled in their regular biennial meeting. This insures respectability...
This was greeted by a perfect shriek of laughter. The girls rolled from side to side and clung to their chairs. "Just see that expression!" cried Lu. "Oh, this is too utterly overpowering! You did n't half prepare us, Will. Oh dear me!" and she held her sides together and gasped...