Word: sat
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...nearly equal in size. But the one on the western bank quite surpassed its rival in having a band and in being the terminal station of the Harvard Telegraph Co. Here, on a rude platform, built in the crotch of a tree at least thirty feet from the ground, sat Nason, '73, ready for the faintest signal of the start. But the start was not yet. The wiser ones, who had waited for boats to start before, took no part in the general rush to the bank at each false alarm, but quietly got through the tedious hour...
...died out of the fighting world. He was bound hand and foot, so that it was impossible for him to defend himself. Not a muscle moved; he preserved a stolid indifference as our lecturer squared off in front of him, and (in the language of the "Clipper" reporter, who sat next me) "let out his bunch of fives, caught him on the nob, and drew the claret profusely." "See," cried the Professor, "It is impossible for him to resist that attack!" It was, indeed. These exhibitions of brutality were made two or three times every lecture, until Professor Reid...
...will next contribute to the collection a hawk and a crow from H y, also an owl which has sat for several years in solemn silence, scanning the movements of the inhabitants of 17 H'y. Could it speak, tales of some queer freaks in this old room might be told. A clock which used to be kept in Mass. 27 might add to the wonder of what is coming next. This shall be an exceedingly large pair of spectacles with various names upon it, and which formerly did service perhaps as a sign. A map of the world, completely...
...society can point to its records for the last six months with pardonable pride. Still, many were not satisfied, and it was not long before the one thing needful took definite shape in the minds of all. What interest or even dignity could attach to a society whose members sat dangling their legs over wooden benches, and the location of whose president, even, suggested nothing more dignified than a proctor eager in the pursuit after "cribs" at a Freshman examination in M. U. No, this truly was not an imposing spectacle; even the excellent singing, so pleasant as a relaxation...
...glare regardless, sat patiently eager...