Word: sawing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...CAMBRIDGE young lady was invited by different gentlemen to the theatre every night in the week. She went to the same theatre and saw the same play every time...
...trust that I made myself intelligible and agreeable, although it seemed as if my brain were on fire. Possibly I grew excited and nervous; I saw Edith looking strangely at me once or twice, almost with a certain semblance of fear, as I thought. Poor girl, she was not wholly wrong in this...
...outer gate I noticed a stone shaft that I found to be one of the circular points at Infinity, the end of the axis of the universe. On entering the Museum I saw a statue inscribed, "To D. P. G. A. T." "This was the American Inner Secretary," said my guide; "he was killed by a tribe of Indians who lived near Boston; a dinner was then given in honor of his memory, and by the sale of tickets, funds for this statue were raised. Great disputes arose about the affair, however, and the monument was sent here for safe...
Just then I saw an old man showing some invention of his in a corner of the room. "That is Fourth Dimension, our greatest philosopher. He is the inventor of the process by which a wooden box may be turned inside out. He is showing his latest discovery." I approached him to see the novelty, when behold! it was my mathematical motor! "Thief," I cried, "that invention is mine! "Snatching it from his hand, I was about to hide it from the spectators, when it started off, and, taking me with it, suddenly landed me unhurt at home...
...received but little of my attention, but casting at the young lady such casual glances as my precarious position would allow, I saw she had the requisite elements that constitute the average girl, - a Derby hat, wavy bangs, considerable vivacity, and dimples when she smiled; and all arranged in such a way as to make a pleasing impression. I felt called upon to produce an effect. I straightened my drooping form, fastened my eye on the course before me, and circled with stately dignity before my fair spectator. "How imposing this must be!" thought I. "What sentiments of admiration...