Word: pour
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...pour cold water on the plan," said the Bell to the Pump. "What puzzles me is to know what to do with those worthy young men, the monitors, who'll lose their places if prayers are abolished...
MONSIEUR RANDOLF: Est-ce-que j'aurai le tresgrand plaisir de vous accompagner Samedi prochain d'aller faire tour a la campagne pour tuer des oiseaux...
...Prytaneum. The library of the "Ontario" seemed to lack books for light reading, so I invested in a choice assortment of new French novels, with the addition of some of Peterson's valuable publications, the score of the "Trial by Jury," and several bound volumes of "Le Petit Journal pour Rire...
...Library is now in a particularly flourishing condition. The ball has been set rolling, and all that is necessary is to keep it in motion. The Librarian will have to turn his attention to systematizing, classifying, and arranging the books as they pour in, rather than to soliciting additions, as was the custom of yore. With his flattering success with the enormous City of Boston Library, it will be safe to predict a successful administration for Mr. Winsor...
...master of these spacious apartments, I should first entertain you with biscuits and sherry, and then request you to bestow your valuable presence elsewhere. As the matter stands, let me refer you to this gentleman, who has been eagerly waiting till you were at leisure and he could pour into your sympathetic ear something that's on his mind...