Word: slenderness
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...stories, "An Unwarranted Inspiration," by Mr. W. F. Brown, is the best. It is carefully written, yet is very easy and smooth. In view of the rather slender plot, the interest is well kept up to the end and the surprise comes in effectively...
...accomplish what we want, we must all unite in putting it through. The men of slender means must give what they can afford, and the rich men must not be satisfied with a five or ten-dollar subscription. We want both a large number of subscriptions and a large gross sum. The first depends upon the co-operation of everyone, the second on the help of the rich...
...grounds have been put in order for the winter and there are only a very few plants in bloom out of doors. The most interesting of these is the "Witch Hazel," which is now covered with slender yellow flowers. Near it there is a group of three trees which attract at this season a good deal of attention, because, although they belong to a much warmer climate they appear perfectly well contented here, the southern Cypress, the southern "Yellow-wood," and the Persimmon. The last of these is in full fruit now, and the frost has rendered the golden fruit...
Alfred Dawdle, a young gentleman of generous impulses but slender means. L. Anderson Rattles, his servant. L. Honore A. Marlin Spike, a pirate chief. W. H. Rand, Jr. Tom Noddy, landlord of "The Shorn Lamb" and a pirate in good standing. L. H. Morgan Peter Boggs, a rich and ambitious father...
...town. The stream winds on unrippled in the sun and the drowsy shade is massed densely in the distance, while the square shoulders of Memorial Hall push up into the sky on the right. Low in the middle distance is the cupola of Hemenway Gymnasinm, and further on a slender spire or two more. The whole thing is dreamy and soft and full of summer. "Elmwood" shows one side of Lowell's home with a view of the broad veranda, and in one corner a tall graceful aisle of pines "Pines of Elmwood." The etching of Longfellow's house...