Word: rained
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Scenery Day" was given on Thursday, the 4th of October. About thirty Freshmen and Juniors ascended Greylock in a rain-storm...
Silent they lie, unheeding sun or rain...
...better climate." This reply is true to a certain extent; they are a hardier race beyond a doubt; but, on the other hand, no Englishman would think of sitting down in a room full of smoke and lounging away the whole afternoon, simply because a little drizzling rain happens to be falling. Their climate is not subject to extremes as is ours, but it is proverbially noted for its wet days, and, as a matter of fact, the disagreeable weather of last week may be taken as a fair example of English weather. The success of the Oxford or Cambridge...
...rifle-match, last Saturday, was prevented by the rain, but hereafter there will be a match every Saturday. We hope that all who intend to join the club will do so immediately, as the captain wishes to pick his team as soon as possible...
CLASS DAY, or the mutilated affair which took the place of that ancient rite, was a success. The day itself was perfect, - no heat, no dust, no rain. The Seniors seemed to be bound that the quality of the amusement should make up for the quantity. The sensations in the morning were rather singular; sharing in expectancy of something to come, the missing of something that was not, and a general feeling of lie-on-the-grass laziness taking precedence of all other emotions. The average undergraduate discussed the chances of the match, the amount of money he was going...