Word: shaking
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...shake hands, Old Yale, before...
...rest was in the college locker in charge of the Faculty! Oh, horrible! Cold perspiration stood upon his brow as he paced the floor. Was he to miss chapel? What would his grandmother say when he broke the awful truth to her? Should he be obliged to shake the confiding trust of his dear teachers, and be for ever condemned in their eyes as a wicked chapel-cutter? He sickened at the thought. The chapel bell chimed sweetly on the dewy morning air. What could he do? His brain was on fire! Where could he turn...
That day two bright and smiling faces were missed at chapel, and with a grave and sorrowful shake of the head the noble president communicated the fact to his wife on the platform beside him. Afternoon service has come and gone, and still two bright and smiling faces are missing...
Once I saw her, my beautiful Edith, once, as the coach rolled away from the door. They told me -there were two of them, and they held me by either arm, although I tried to shake them off - they told me that she was to go home, that I could not follow just then, not until I got better of the fever. I never shall get better. Not here, in Buenos Ayres, in my counting-room. I call this my counting-room, though people look at me as if they did not believe what I say, - the look, you know...
...What's the matter with you, Carl?" said Stephen lightly. "Let me introduce you to my friend, Mr. Moon. Shake hands with...