Word: poorly
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Make in vain a poor defence...
...describes with the vivid exactness of a Herald reporter the last dreadful scene in the sinking yacht off the Italian coast. It may gratify some moralists to learn that the "atheist" Shelley met his death in the midst of a prayer, with which was "coupled" the name of the "poor, dead Harriet," to whom he had proved so exemplary a spouse...
...high wainscot, oaken floor and tables, venerable portraits, armorial plates, saucers, and sugar-bowls, and ebony-skinned attendants, the still, small voice of the stomach makes itself heard, whispering to them that what satisfies the eye and elevates the aesthetic taste does not completely appease the longings of the poor animal nature. The manner in which our food is set before us is a great improvement upon the old way, and in going to our meals we feel more like gentlemen and less like pigs, but in coming away sometimes we feel a little like deluded gentlemen. Often we carry...
...described by a recent writer on food and dietetics as "possessing a low nutritive value." Let me call attention to the patience and perseverance of this turnip. Again and again has it left our tables untouched; again and again has it reappeared to tempt us with its fragrant smell. Poor disappointed turnip! Is no one strong enough to carry it forevermore away? At Vassar College, I am assured, the sufferings of this poor vegetable would be short indeed. It is a custom there for the chief cook (or his deputy perchance) to examine the tables after every meal and ascertain...
...matter of very great expense, as it involved the purchase of thousands of votes, each of which cost fifteen cents in American money, and since, in the statement last quoted, Mr. Bratt intimates that he bore a portion of the election expenses himself, he could not have been a poor...