Word: somewhat
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...strength and beautiful daring, with very few and very slight casualities, except in a single instance; they saw a dash and courage and enthusiasm that made one think better of the mortal part of human nature; and in the end a group of eager, flushed, panting young men, exhausted somewhat, of course, with such tremendous physical effort, but bright of eye, clear of voice, and as fine to look upon, in spite of awkward garb, as any heroic figures of triumphant Greek athletes...
...sufficient number has signed for the boat Wednesday night, the arrangements will be made. Unless many more intend to return Thursday night, the rates will be somewhat higher. If more than twenty-five men signify their intention of returning on a certain night, a reduced rate will be obtained. Reduced rates will be obtained for Sunday night 11 o'clock sleeper...
Princeton without Dr. McCosh will be a good deal like the play of "Hamlet" with Hamlet in the adjoining county. This smile is somewhat threadbare, but it just fits the case.- N. Y. World...
...distinct as the impression which different classes make on the minds of their instructors or fellow students. The class individuality asserts itself, and we can hope to get the general type only when a co-composite of many class composites has been made, and this will then be perhaps somewhat untrue, for I suspect that the type of senior in our American colleges is slowly changing. Would the composites of the same class in different colleges be identical? Many will probably be surprised at the diversity of those senior portraits. Although we are not justified in taking any of these...
...essay. The writer begins with an account of the daily life of an average student, following him through a Wednesday in term time, and leaving him in the evening seated with some friends at a table in "Frank's" the restaurant patronized by the college men, which must correspond somewhat to our "Adam's." "Passing from the favorite restaurant to the regular boarding clubs we shall find little ofinterest. All the clubs with a single exception are managed by towns-people. Amherst has no Memorial Hall. The landlady fixes the price of board, regulates the quality, and takes all comers...