Word: shocked
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...shock of earthquake was felt about 6.30 last evening at points along the line of the Welland canal in Ontario...
...college yesterday received the news of the death of Mr. Longfellow with the profoundest grief. Although the event was not altogether unexpected, yet it came with a suddenness that was a shock to many, as indeed all death must be. "Mr. Longfellow's connection with Harvard is part of his fame and that of the college," Mr. Howells says in his sketch of Longfellow, and any account of his life "can but very briefly remind the reader of facts in the life of a poet only less known than Shakespere." It is not for us to speak of his fame...
...earthquake has occurred in Costa Rica, and many buildings have been demolished by the shock...
...shock of an earthquake was felt at Murray Bay, Quebec, last night, lasting three or four seconds. No damage was done...
...deviltries of college men. When the villagers presumed to protest and grumble, punishment fell upon them. The midnight rowdyism of the collegians was suffered in silence, howsoever many terrors attached, but the outrageous proceedings of the last night went beyond the average, and the villagers were awakened by the shock to a new sense of their own consequence, their own rights and their own powers." If Dr. McCosh really wishes to curb the spirits of his students in an effective manner, we advise him not to bind them down by petty rules and regulations that are more fitted...