Word: rest
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...college student should be required to be so much less fickle than the rest of the world. The sum of the matter is this, that there are very few newly introduced amusements that last in any community, whether it be a college or a city; and the college is justly liable to change its tastes more frequently than the city, because of the fact that one quarter of its members change every year. Men are surprised because there were only twenty-eight entries this year to the Athletic Sports compared with sixty-three, which was the number last fall...
...pleasures of a dolie far niente life, finds time, unless perchance in Europe, hang heavily on his hands during the last half of vacation. The problem how to enjoy one's spare time is a difficult one always, and ninety days of camping, hunting, and sight-seeing become tedious. Rest is what is wanted, and rest is as often found in change of work as in idleness. The study and contemplation of nature after poring over books cannot fail to be enjoyable and refreshing. While cultivating the literary and aesthetic side of our nature, we should not neglect the scientific...
...dressed as men dressed long ago; his face was pallid and strangely contorted; a heavy rope was knotted around his neck and trailed upon the floor. I was about to offer the figure a chair when it occurred to me that it might be his custom to take rest by hanging himself up; and having no conveniences for performing that operation, I hesitated. At the same moment the apparition grasped the rope with both hands, and, by a mysteriously complicated movement, caused himself to perform a complete somersault...
...been said that if one man wants to give up a room which another is anxious to get, it is impossible for the thing to be done. He who first drew the room, it is said, must hold it, no matter how many homeless wretches may long to rest their limbs within. We have examined the matter and find that the case is not quite as bad as this. One cannot give his room to any particular man, but the new arrangement provides a way by which he can make over his right to several men, as it were...
...farce "Romance under Difficulties " preceded "Alonzo," and was enjoyed by the fortunate few who occupied the front row of seats. The rest of the house watched the pantomime, and strained their ears in vain to catch the words of the actors. It was evident, however, to every one, that the part of Timothy Diggles was remarkably well played...