Word: sands
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...dust that rises from the loose sand-floor of the base-ball enclosure is very injurious. A new floor will have to be made...
Dennis Kearney will speak here to-night, if a suitable "sand-lot" can be found; the price of eggs has risen rapidly in anticipation of this event...
...steered away from reef and sand...
...arid whirling sand...
...progress should I make in the much-vaunted "general culture"? I do not mean the culture that is obtained by lounging at Parker's, - a kind that is becoming obsolete, thank '78; but the culture that is given by a broad course of reading, - the reviews, of course; George Sand, of a warm afternoon; Schiller, of a cool one; Macaulay, when I am fresh; Irving, when I am weary; all capped by the inevitable Nation, in deference to which I form my opinions. These, together with my visits to the art galleries and an occasional evening in a drawing-room...