Word: shocks
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...being on the ground and of having heard Oscar Wilde in his Chickering Hall speech, devotes one of its subtile and caustic satires to Oscar's utter annihilation. It says: "As a man of the world, he knows that the true way to attract attention to poetry is to shock people's sense of decency, * * * and that a very good substitute for fame is the notoriety attracted by silliness. * * * What he has to say is not new, and his extravagance is not extravagant enough to amuse the average American audience. His knee-breeches and long hair are good...
That tingles a delicate shock to the heart...
...easily imagined that I did not soon recover from this shock. Some of my friends advised me to plunge into the "vortex of Harvard;" but I did not know where...
...Tootsy had not caught the first part of this remark, and rather misinterpreted Freshy's meaning. "I am delighted to learn that you do 'grub' in the Library; so many of your fellow-students seem to neglect their opportunities, it is really shameful." Before '84 could recover from this shock to his nerves, Aunt Meeker had approached, and said that Tootsy must go, adding that it was doubtless also the young gentleman's bed-time. In saying adieu, Persimmons pressed Tootsy's hand softly, and asked if he might call. "Certainly," replied she, in her cooing tones. Soon after...
...Imagine, if you can, the shock that the discovery gave me: it was the first time, to my knowledge, that I had ever been guilty of sleep-walking. I could hardly believe that I was yet awake. I hurried shivering back to the hotel, found the door of my bed-room open; else I might have had some trouble in re-entering it. I wrapped myself up in blankets, and tried to collect my scattered senses...