Word: rich
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Rich and precious and fair its shrine...
...visited the governor with high professions of friendship, which rendered him less solicitous for a fortified town." An historian from England says: "Newtown was at first intended for a city, but was thought not so fit, being too far from the sea. The inhabitants are most of them very rich." Here we have our first picture of the affluent primeval Portchuck...
...most venerable and even picturesque appearance. Of course, ivy could not be trained over the dormitories; but over the ends of Harvard and Holworthy, and, above all, Memorial, ivy or some kindred plant would hang most gracefully. If the naked sides of Memorial were veiled with a rich growth of ivy, the hall might in time be considered a picturesque and beautiful feature in the landscape; while, at present, it appears decidedly to the best advantage at night...
...mental pursuit which often surrounds their boyhood or girlhood, - for the females of this species are more numerous than the males, - they see the wide field of literature spread invitingly before them. Guided by the whim of the moment, as their humbler namesakes are, they float aimlessly among the rich flowers; alighting here on one of Thackeray's bright novels; pausing there a moment to sip the sweetness of Wordsworth's poems; attracted yonder by the flashing pages of Charles Reade. They seek only the pleasures of literature, and slight observation will convince us that they delight in these only...
...evening of the 17th inst. there assembled at the rooms of Mr. J. Rogers Rich, No. 151 Tremont Street, quite a number of that gentleman's friends, among them a delegation from the H H Society, of which Mr. Rich was an active member in "Ye olden time." The occasion of this assembly was a private reception given to his friends, that they might visit his art rooms (The Cluny). Mr. Rich has brought from France the art of bronzing plaster casts, and he had arranged in his rooms, with admirable taste, statues, busts, vases, etc., exhibiting the beauty...