Word: saws
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...getting $2500 a year here is offered $5000 some place else, knowing that he can never get that amount here, he feels that he owes a duty to himself, and that "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush," to use an old saw. In addition to this he knows that the college is cramped for funds, and that expenses must be cut down, so that no man can feel sure of his reappointment with even his present paltry salary. Now this cutting down expenses by letting our most valuable instructors go from our best conducted departments...
...When I saw the name, Butterfield, Benjamin Emilius, Saug Centre, Ia., in the catalogue at the beginning of this year, my curiosity was aroused. I wanted very much to see the gentleman from Saug Centre, Ia. My imagination ran riot, and before I saw him I had settled many points in my mind regarding...
...point. I wondered, too, if, in searching the catalogue for economical arguments, she had found the following: "The cost of board to the members of this association is expected not to exceed $4.00 a week," referring, once upon a time, to Memorial Hall; but I hoped that Mr. Butterfield saw through the specious wording of that item, and acted accordingly...
...with my hostess' daughter, who is a very pretty sweet sixteen, arm-in-arm, and you ought to see the people stare at us. They would stop in the middle of the street and look at us as if we were so many living curiosities. I suppose they never saw such a breach of the social etiquette before. I had the queerest kind of a Christmas present. What do you suppose it was? I doubt if you can guess it, so I'll tell you. It was a promotion, in the shape of a crystal button, to the fifth rank...
When an old actor saw Mr. Riddle's intelligent performance, he said, referring to his college training, "Here one can see the enormous advantage of education to an actor...