Word: sounding
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...more than this, it purifies the thoughts of the people. I was interested in the ministrations of this temple, so I collected cash for the bell. Ni-or-ai says: "All my sorrow is expressed by the voice of the bell. When the wicked ones in hell hear its sound they forget for a time their torments, and, confessing their sins, pray to be received into Heaven. It also causes the devils to flee." This caused me to have Ko-ga-wa make this bell in memory of many rejoicing believers...
Give seasonable rest, for 'tis a sound...
...accord with the traditions and proper spirit of college sports. We know very well with what derisive jeers this opinion will be received at Yale, and how readily the taunt of effeminacy will come to the lips of the self-sufficient News; but, nevertheless, we believe our opinion is sound and reasonable, and is not sufficiently refuted by simple derision...
...should be able to write good English.' Professor Hill has that first quality of a good teacher, the power of holding a startled attention. His keen-edged sentences oblige one not only to listen but to believe; for his vigorous style is clearly the natural outgrowth of a sound and vigorous judgment. It is this honest severity of training that women's minds at this moment need. 'Do the Annex girls enjoy the advantages of Cambridge society? is a question often asked. No; partly because the students are working-women without leisure for frequent engagements; partly because Cambridge society...
...sooner Harvard University admits women upon exactly the same terms with Oxford the better for her reputation for intelligence and usefulness. Meanwhile, if any generous person proposes to endow the annex, he may well consider the sweet reasonableness of waiting until the system is adjusted upon the principles of sound common sense. Instead of providing funds to pay the professors for their extra lectures, the just and wise course would be to endow a hall of residence, and let the university reward its instructors. - [N. Y. Tribune...