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Word: seeketh (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...dance, he perceiveth even afar off a maiden of the tribes that dwell beyond the Hudson, - yea, even on the shores of the great seas have they set up their tabernacles, - and lo, the maiden is fair, yea, passing fair to look upon. And the young man seeketh the owner of the house and is presented, which in the language of Kayhmbryjje is knocked down, and it were better for the young man that he were indeed deposited on the ground in a place where no man should come unto him. For lo, the maiden is what is called...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GO AND DO THOU NOT LIKEWISE. | 1/14/1881 | See Source »

...could interrupt a student or enter his room while he was at prayers. So the old duffer had to wait outside until Fred finished; and this Fred took care not to do before I had burnt up all the sign. Then he ended with, 'A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh for a sign, but no sign shall be given them.' Fred was the most popular man in college, but he went off and got engaged...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PER TELEPHONEM. | 6/4/1880 | See Source »

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