Word: sorrowful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...speak to him of the difficulties which at first surround the beginner and of the many disagreeable moments through which every new lawyer has to pass; finally the lecturer will enlighten him upon the ultimate chances of success. The student will also hear with mingled feelings of joy and sorrow of the man who has made his mark in the world, and of the man who has been forced to abandon the profession and step down into the lower rank of a merchant. All these statements cannot fail to impress themselves upon the student's mind; he will carry...
Resolved, That words are scarce able to convey the sense of sadness and sorrow that the melancholy news of his death brought to his old associates...
...sketch of Charles Russell Lowell is a work of great merit, and cannot fail to thrill all who read it with its tale of a noble life bravely done. "Sorrow and Stillness," by Mr. Sanborn, distinctly lacks melody, and contains several unmusical halting lines. The feeling is strong and the expression good. "A Second Empedocles," by Mr. Sanford, is, to say the least, a strange effort. It is incongruous and decidedly lacks force. The Latin quotations mar the form and weaken the passion aimed at by the writer. One does not quote a Latin translation of Homer in the death...
...short story, then, is often one of the best contributions to a college paper. But we should leave the misery and wretchedness, the supernatural and sombre, which we have not yet the power to describe, to those who have tasted bitterness and sorrow. And let us have more that is healthful and honest, told with simplicity and directness...
...Trustees of Phillips Exeter Academy, meeting at Exeter for the stated examination, on the day appointed for the funeral of the late John Langdon Sibley, desire to enter upon their records an expression of their deep sorrow at the close of this long and honored life...