Word: refraining
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...refrain, "My heart is thine...
...throw aside that old refrain...
...bring this matter to the notice of the readers of the Magenta. I know well how potent are the suggestions made in these columns; how eagerly they are read, and how promptly they are acted upon. But, fully conscious of the responsibility I take upon myself, I cannot refrain longer from pointing out this one-sidedness in the objects of our associations, and suggesting some remedies. That I may not seem to pretend to greater ability and ingenuity than I possess, let me declare at once that the conception of what I am about to present was not wholly original...
DEAR SIR, - Two years ago the members of the present Senior and Junior Classes entered into an agreement that they would themselves refrain from the practice of "hazing," and would discountenace it in others. This agreement they have faithfully adhered to, and for two years Freshmen have been free from annoyance proceeding from Sophomores...
...these high-flown and often utterly ridiculous descriptions of a future state were simply indifferent as a means for good or evil, or if they combined in themselves harmlessness for the hearers and satisfaction for the abnormal state of the preacher's mind, we could contentedly refrain from even a passing remark on the waste of time and effort...