Word: rarely
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...book contains nearly three hundred hymns, not more than one hymn being set on a page, The typography is of rare excellence and the rich leather covers upon which the seal of the University is stamped in gold show the very best workmanship...
...sophomores this evening conferred a unique honor upon the three Yale debaters. They placed them on this fence - an honor which is accorded to freshmen only in the event of great athletic triumphs - and cheered wildly for them and their class. It is very rare indeed for such fraternal relations to exist between two successive classes, and the occasion affords only another instance to prove that the art of debating is no longer held in disrespect at Yale...
...delighted to hear that Mr. Jefferson has consented to give a dramatic discourse to Harvard students. To listen to a man of such experience and reputation on the stage as his has been is a great and rare privilege. No one who has seen Mr. Jefferson act can have failed to be charmed by the personality which makes itself felt through all his characters. One longs to know the man himself apart from his stage disguise. To most persons this is unfortunately impossible; but an informal address will come as near to satisfying them as anything short of personal acquaintance...
...only venomous snakes are the copperhead and the rattlesnake. The former is hardly as poisonous as is generally supposed, but is very ready to attack people. The rattlesnake is rather rare in New England, but each year a few are found in the Blue Hills and in the woods around Lynn. These creatures kill their prey by means of the venom which is secreted by means of a tube running to the base of their hollow teeth. These snakes cast off their skins several times each year, and every time that this occurs a rattle is added to their tails...
...comparison was drawn between our attractive spring flowers and the flowers in the tropics. The comparison left no doubt that in point of attractive coloring, the flowers of temperate regions far excel those of the equatorial belt. The gorgeous highly-colored orchids of the tropics are comparatively rare, and the most brilliant are in secluded nooks or cling as epiphytes to the higher branches of the loftiest trees, well out of sight. And lastly, there is nothing in the tropics which can compare with the ever fresh surprise of the miracle of spring, even as it is seen...