Word: personally
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...impatient to start, that I am afraid I was for a moment disgusted with the honest skipper. He went up to the hotel, and soon returned with a suspiciously large lunch for one person. We took the little fishing-sloop that lay bumping against the pier, and started forth. The wind had freshened, and the sea was pretty rough. The Rosa was just in sight, and we bore down upon it with all sail, - which was one sail. I was trembling with excitement, and I could see that even the grim old captain was not indifferent to the emotions...
...ferocious as might be supposed from the warmth with which the controversy is conducted. So small is, in fact, his bump of pugnaciousness, that he would fain let the matter rest, but for the honor the president of the Christian Brethren did him in answering his remarks in person, and under his own signature. That this gentleman thought it necessary to come to the front, in spite of the dauntless onslaught of "V. I. Z.," in the Echo, shows the true value of "V. I. Z.'s" criticism. Had it been worth any thing at all, Mr. Maude would...
...even venturing to brand them as "criminals." This sort of talk, no matter how absurdly unjust, is not pleasant to those against whom it is uttered, for no one likes to be told that he ought to be a jail-bird, even when his self-appointed judge is a person ill-informed and powerless. Hence I beg leave to ask such collegians at Cambridge as think it wise to have the historic name of "Harvard" publicly championed upon the water by her youngest and greenest representatives, "Is it reasonable to expect that the New London managers, after receiving this abuse...
...gives any stranger who may happen to be present an unfavorable impression of the good breeding of the students. We trust that there will be no further cause of complaint on this score; for, whatever be our opinions as to the advisability of compulsory attendance at prayers, every sensible person will see the necessity of good order and dignity in a house dedicated to religious uses...
...question of who is to be the corypheus is, unfortunately, still undecided, as Mr. Osgood, who is by all means the best person for the position, cannot yet give a decided answer, owing to the press of his engagements. It is to be hoped that he will find it possible to accept this important role...