Word: pond
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...would fall back on another, and then there were always my uncle and aunt as a last resource. I did n't get to them often, though. Well, it was about the time when the mayflower comes out, you know, and sixteen must needs go to Spectacle Pond, where she said they grew best, and I went with her. Not that I care for the flower much; indeed, I suggested to sixteen that it was a pity to disturb them, as they looked so prettily as they grew. But she reminded me that they were all covered with leaves then...
...When we got to the pond I felt rather tired, so I said to her, 'You know a great deal more about finding these flowers than I do, Ethel, and I'll only be in your way, so, if you've no objection, I'll just sit on this stump and take a cigarette...
DURING the last few days many Freshmen have been seen wending their way in the direction of Fresh Pond, with skates in their hands...
...same society a man named Swiddle. He passed with much distinction the initiation, the chief feature of which is, that the neophyte is obliged to eat a dozen tarts three inches in diameter in ten minutes, and to wash them down with six tumblers of Fresh Pond water. In Swiddle's case the water was dispensed with, owing to a recent drowning accident, and he ate eighteen tarts within the time, having forty-five seconds to spare. Swiddle is a handsome man, who dresses to perfection, ordering his clothes from Smiler & Compa, Bond St., W., and he never...
...Irishman who was engaged to cut ice from a pond, when handed a cross-cut saw to commence operation with, pulled out a penny, and, turning to his comrade, exclaimed, "Now, Pat, fair play; head or tail, who goes below." - Mirror...