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Word: sitting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...favored ones on this earth. These boys are the most to be pitied of any class in college, since they are isolated, although it be by their own choice, and receive little comfort or enjoyment in college life. They are not in the current, so as to speak, but sit upon the bank untouched by the life that flows so joyously by them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dr. Peabody's Lecture. | 12/19/1889 | See Source »

...live in a flat, while the husband writes tragedies which are never accepted. The devices to escape creditors and the dismantlement of the flat, followed by the improvising of chairs and sofas out of soap boxes and barrels, form the basis of action. The perilous adventures of persons who sit in these makeshifts and the disasters that ensue, give rise to a number of very amusing incidents...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Theatres. | 12/10/1889 | See Source »

...Balliet, Harrison, Cartwright, Ferris, Simms and James. Some of the old men were not present at the meeting, but will row. Captain Allen believes that the true secret of Yale's success lies in her system of careful training rather than in the Cook stroke, and the men who sit in Yale's boat next June will be better trained than any previous crew, if that be possible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 12/6/1889 | See Source »

...seats has been assigned to each section and it is of the greatest importance that every man should sit with his section...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rules Governing the Election of Class Day officers from Ninety. | 10/16/1889 | See Source »

...seats has been assigned to each section and it is of the greatest importance that every man should sit with his section...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rules Governing the Election of Class Day Officers from Ninety. | 10/11/1889 | See Source »

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