Word: seem
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Omar Khayyam, previously almost unknown from the rarity of his manuscripts, has been recently exhumed, as it were, and dressed up in English, does not prove that he was a great poet, or deserves to be classed with Hafiz, Firdansi, or Nizami. On the contrary, Mr. Emerson, it would seem, shows commendable tact and judgment in not citing more of this astrologer who dabbled in poetry. However, being unable myself to read Persian, it is impossible to judge the accuracy of Mr. Fitzgerald's translation; but certainly in its English garb it approaches, with some notable exceptions, about as near...
Such are some of the fruits of my listening, and if they seem somewhat trivial, yet it must be considered that no very momentous results can be expected from such a purely passive kind of eavesdropping. I have not, as yet, discovered in any footfalls the slightest whisper of scandal. If one "hears no good of himself," he at least hears no evil...
...Dartmouth the students seem not to have appreciated Fast Day. "Fast Day came and went as such days usually do, devoted to odd jobs and various time-killing expedients. Quite a number went to Lebanon to attend the services of the Methodist Conference, and meetings were held in the vestry here at the usual hours. But the majority seemed to be employed in getting over the effects of the entertainment of the night before...
...seem the times with countless blessings numbered...
...they were placed in boats, in bands of six or eight, and compelled to row out to sea. This the men called the "withdrawal from the association." The officers were never seen again. The victorious townsmen then erected a large hall as a memorial of their valor, and afterwards seem to have emigrated, as no further mention of them is known...