Word: sons
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...said that the poor fellow that works at Foxcroft is hypersensitive. But I venture to deny that: I venture to say that the pride that rebels at a public expression of superiority from a mere idler, son of his father, devourer of labors of other hands is a noble and amiable trait. Pity the spirit that does not resent even unintentional insult on such a delicate and sacred feeling. I have no doubt the statement of the editor of the CRIMSON that he intended no harm is perfectly true so far as conscious intention goes. But what hurts is that...
...John Forrester Andrew was the son of the war governor John A. Andrew, and was born in Hingham on the 16th of November, 1850. After his preliminary training in the public schools of Boston he went to Harvard, where he graduated in the class of '72. Three years later he graduated from the Harvard Law School, and immediately after his graduation he was admitted to practice at the Suffolk bar. In 1880 he was sent to the House of Representatives from Ward 9 and was twice re-elected to that body. Then he was sent to the Senate...
CAMBRIDGE, May 21, 1895.Dear Mr. Gibson: We have been requested by the class of ninety-six to express to you and Mrs. Gibson the deep sympathy the class feels with you on account of your son's death. Although he was among us but a short time, he made many true friends who mourn his loss...
...actor grows weary, he produces a weary audience. Mr. Macready, the famous actor, once said to Mrs. Warner that one of his great speeches, which used to make a great hit, fell flat. Was it an old story with the audience? The character has been detected by his son in the act of stealing. "When you spoke that speech ten years ago," replied Mrs. Warner, "you spoke like a man accused of theft by his son. You hardly knew what to say. You stood abashed and acted like an honest man for the first time accused of theft...
...son of Seth and Abigail Taylor Seelye. His early education was obtained in the district schools. He entered Amherst college in 1844, and was graduated in the class of 1849. From 1849 to 1852 he studied at the Auburn theological seminary, and later spent a year abroad pursuing his theological studies in Germany...