Word: sirs
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...brass buttons rushes up on deck and exclaims loudly, "Port, two pints." Have heard there is much drinking on board ship. Wonder if this is the way to order liquor. Watch the man carefully, but do not see any one bring him anything, although several men replied, "Ay, ay, sir." He does not seem disappointed, but walks off humming the "Blue Danube...
...Sir Dragon was a realist...
...DEAR SIR, - Two years ago the members of the present Senior and Junior Classes entered into an agreement that they would themselves refrain from the practice of "hazing," and would discountenace it in others. This agreement they have faithfully adhered to, and for two years Freshmen have been free from annoyance proceeding from Sophomores...
...Please, sir, the key to this room has fits...
...them, and most of our eminent lawyers are noted for their powers of recollection. The desirability of this faculty is, indeed, so evident, that it hardly requires illustration from the cases of physicians, preachers, and literary men. I cannot forbear, however, a passing allusion to the case of Sir Walter Scott, whose wonderful and almost unbounded memory, more than any other quality, was the foundation of his fame and success as an historical novelist...