Word: question
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...those were the pleasantest times of all. My grief became anger; my anger grew into hatred of the man who was so cruelly depriving me of an innocent pleasure. At last there came a fatal evening when there was to be a final meeting of our rulers on the question, and it seemed certain that my enemy would be successful. In anger and bitterness of spirit I walked the grass before the Hall. A fierce gale was raging, and above gigantic wind-torn clouds rushed across the sky. Suddenly, in the gloom, a shape, black as the storm, with eyes...
...editorial the Advocate declares that a knowledge of the opinions of Mr. Herbert Spencer is far more essential to a person who "pretends to a knowledge of Philosophy" than an acquaintance with the works of Aristotle and of Plato. I should have fancied that this was still an open question; but as I am no great philosopher, and as advanced thought is at this moment extremely fashionable, I will not venture to differ from your advanced contemporary...
...everybody connected with the College and for all the friends of such persons, to every entertainment given by the students; and accordingly they bring to bear upon these tickets the whole of the power of invective for which they are so remarkable. An exact copy of the ticket in question may correct any misapprehension under which your readers have labored, and I accordingly send...
...subordinates. It is her business to see that the women who have charge of our rooms do their work properly. For this purpose she makes weekly tours of the buildings, inspects the rooms, and is ready to receive any complaints that may be made. The invariable reply to her question if the goody does her work well, is, according to her statement, "O yes. All right." She finds it difficult, therefore, to discover where the trouble lies of which public complaint is made, and desires us to state that if any one who thinks his room is neglected will send...
...Augustus, then, be polite to old Smudge out of policy, if for no better reason, for I imagine he has a rather hard time, and will appreciate a pleasant smile and a kind nod; and who knows but what his aid may avert a dreaded "flunk" on some impossible question? (Smudge has a genius for knowing things that most people put down as "things no fellow can be expected to know,") But, at any rate, however this may be, Augustus will have the satisfaction of having acted like a gentleman...