Word: sicken
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...mistake the office for a bear garden, nor Wadsworth for an ice-house. Let him not despise the in offensive cigarette and sicken upon the masculine bulldog. Let him not drink too much lemonade, nor think a remorse should be worn conspicuously. Let him not drag about a stick he can't carry for two consecutive minutes. Let him not play the drum at midnight, nor boast of wild feats he never attempted, nor attempt wild feats he can never perform. Little boys should be seen and not heard, and not seen too much either...
...week, some-nobody knew how long. Some were clothed, some were naked; some lacked an arm or leg or head, some lacked everything except a single leg or arm, which came up in the net of some fisherman, with a few rags of cloth clinging to it. We sicken at the fearful list. Let us press on into the interior of the building...
Naturally I turned from football to base ball; a few days' practice with the University, and then a gentle hint that I had better try for my class nine, sufficed to sicken me of that noble pastime...