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Word: persons (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...door closed between us before he had finished his harangue. The next person I called on was a classmate whom I knew only by sight...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AN EVENING'S EXPERIENCE. | 12/19/1878 | See Source »

...copy of the paper that we shall publish, as soon as possible, a large second edition. Justice will thus be done to our subscribers, and all who desire will be able to obtain a copy of the H. A. A.'s constitution. While we regret that any person should have been even temporarily inconvenienced in obtaining his paper, we cannot help rejoicing at so evident a proof of the rapidly increasing interest in athletic sports...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/8/1878 | See Source »

...measurement shall be from the scratch line in front of the jumper's feet to the nearest break of the ground made by any part of his person...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LAWS OF ATHLETICS. | 10/25/1878 | See Source »

INNER GROUNDS.No person whatsoever will be allowed inside the track except the officials and properly accredited representatives of the press...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF ATHLETIC MEETINGS. | 10/25/1878 | See Source »

...speaking of your friend Brown, in San Francisco. "O yes," ejaculates the man of universal information, with the air of a person who has known Brown from boyhood, and has been on intimate terms with the Brown family for three generations. You question him closely, and he says he has not seen Brown for several years; does n't suppose he should recognize him now. When questioned more closely, he admits he does not know Brown personally, but has heard a great deal about him. This is what most of his intimate friendships amount to. But his conceit is impenetrable...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE WELL-INFORMED MAN. | 10/25/1878 | See Source »

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