Word: sawing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...poet lookt and saw...
...first saw Tennyson twenty years ago in a London restaurant. I was a young man then; but I knew him, and I saw that he knew me, for he pretended to be greatly absorbed in a copy of the London Times. But I went up and greeted him heartily; and then I seated myself at the table, and ordered a brace of mutton-chops and a glass of 'alf-and-'alf. Tennyson was eating corned beef and cabbage with great relish, and I noticed that he invariably divided the portion of food upon his plate into triangular bits before conveying...
...very gloomy and unsocial during our ride in the railway-carriage. We travelled third class, for, as he said, poetry was flat, and there was very little profit in the business. There was a plethoric Irish female in the apartment with a crying infant in her arms. I saw that Tennyson's countenance had a rapt, far-away look, so I said pleasantly, "Composing, eh? Sonnet on a weeping infant, - ah! very tender, very touching! Can't I give you a hint...
...from his actions be did not like children, - that great men never did. He frowned savagely thereupon, and, turning his back to us all, gazed persistently at the flying landscape until we arrived at our destination. Then I linked my arm in his, and held him firmly, although I saw he was in a poetic frenzy, for he was swearing under his breath all the while; but I pretended not to hear. We found Mrs. Tennyson awaiting us with a horse and buggy...
...blushed exceedingly, but was soon freed from his embarrassment, as he saw a Freshman manipulate a chair on which a lady was about to sit. He pulled the chair out and then pushed it back, but the lady was too quick, or he was too slow, and, as the edge of the chair met her back, she uttered a loud shriek. Terror-stricken, he seized her by an arm and jerked it frantically. His colleagues ran to his assistance. The unfortunate lady was, in a moment, lifted up and forcibly seated on the chair. But now a general indignation arose...