Word: proclaiming
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Plymouth, Gov. Bradford sent out four men fowling, with the now chestnutty exhortation, that they "might after a more special manner rejoice together." Henceforth upon any special good fortune befalling them, such as rain in drouth, arrival of stores from England, or favorable colonial legislation, the Governor would proclaim a day of thanksgiving and prayer. Eight days were set apart in this manner in Massachusetts up to 1639. In Plymouth Colony the day was celebrated three different years up to 1680, when, from the reading of the records, it evidently became an annual custom...
...about all the faculty have left us, it behooves us to guard it well, and to teach men who are willing to decorate their rooms at the expense of a college institution, that such contemptible practices will not be tolerated. Though, of course, a man who is willing to proclaim himself a college thief from the walls of his room is beyond the influence of mere sentiment. For our part we guarantee that one "baby," whose name we have, shall stop this display of puerile aesthetics; and we will do the same for others detected at this small business...
...gentleman has the right to say or do anything to the detriment of the man whose salt he is eating. The Senior Class is equally bound in honor not to attempt to defeat the object of the Republican procession; a thing which they will attempt if they thus proclaim their hostility to Mr. Blaine...
...although they fail to meet the average weight of our eleven, they are taking every precaution to excel on those points in which ours display a weakness. From the present standing of the two rival elevens, neither can boast of superiority, and, for the sake of prediction, we proclaim the laurels of victory to fall eventually to the eleven which, from now to November 15, shows by hard work and constant training the greater determination...
...another. Having tried in vain for two years to induce Harvard and Yale to gratify their desire to be seen in good company, they now take their revenge by challenging the whole country to row against them, and threaten that, if no one heeds their manifesto, they will proclaim themselves the national champions. If the bewildered nation fails within the specified sixty days to produce a crew, and thereby gives involuntary color to the Pennsylvanians' pretensions, they might go further, and challenge Oxford and Cambridge, announcing that, if a favorable reply is not received by return of post, they will...