Word: plain
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Lost - A plain gold ring. The finder will confer a great favor and be rewarded by leaving the same with Fred at Drury...
...wasted by the manner in which they are taught. He would have the instruction of our colleges touch practical life more closely, and so far as this the advocates of English and scientific education have found a lively champion. The doctor declares that most college students cannot write a plain hand, compose a creditable letter or "cipher" in fractions, and that they are deficient in observation. He wants more chance for the English rudiments which made Washington, Franklin, Jackson and Lincoln...
...professor replied, "The reason is plain, She got Hung(a)ry, and wanted more Turkey...
...plain steeples of our English church...
...methods to any others, the corporation of overseers have agreed that they hold themselves at liberty to revoke the degree of any person who participates in these disorders, provided that his degree has just been conferred. It may be expected that this power will be exercised only in very plain cases and rather by way of suspension than of permanent revocation...