Word: questionable
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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When my neighbor calls to return a borrowed book, and for a whole hour imposes upon me his theories respecting the Eastern Question, all of which it required less than five minutes to glean from an article in a newspaper of the evening previous, I fully realize this evil. How soothing to my impatience is his assurance that he was not aware time was passing so quickly, when to me ages were slowly wearing away...
...warm debate between the two waiters followed, while the hungry audience looked on with prayers for its speedy termination. The question was finally decided against the highly colored John, and the assembly adjourned; John disheartened, and Henry smiling in triumph...
...written ostensibly to show the condition of the boat-clubs, but in point of fact to relieve some one who was smarting under imaginary injuries of his pent-up feelings. The pettiness and flippancy of the Advocate's criticism do not need comment; neither is it our intention to question the propriety of the Advocate calling our editorials "nonsense"; we simply desire to correct a few statements that need revision...
...wise course for him to take. In spite of these facts we still think that "the status of the 'house-clubs' for next year does not seem to warrant the discouraging article in the Advocate." There are persons who always look upon the gloomy side of every question, no matter how cheerful the other side may be. There are others who are deeply grieved because the world is not grateful for their good services. Both of these classes of people we pity; we cannot sympathize with them...
...decisions of the judges were not successful also. We say this weighing our words, for there were few indeed, we had almost said none, of those who heard the speaking, who were not disappointed and surprised at the award of the prizes. We would not for a moment question either the undoubted merits of the successful competitors, or the wishes of the gentlemen who acted as judges to do their best in a very difficult and, to some of them apparently, a novel position. But it does seem to us that power to sway an audience...