Word: spiritless
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...mentioned yesterday in these column's, Cornell's cheering section of last Saturday seemed a spiritless aggregation indeed. Surely the team, its coaches, and the associated officials could not have been encouraged by this seeming lack of enthusiasm. But it is not too late to do something about...
...chinning with Horace Klein as they watched the crowd mill past the Wallace's Partner cottage on the dusty Iowa State fair grounds. "There is something terribly pathetic to me in the faces of these farm women," "Uncle" Henry said. "They are so tired and worn and spiritless. There is a mission for someone: to bring material comforts, help and inspiration to the woman who labors on the farm." That was in 1907 and Horace Klein was advertising manager of a nondescript magazine called the Farmer's Wife. Its publisher was Edward A. Webb who also...
...poor patient Griselda is cruelly tried and her reaction to her grievances too spiritless to be pleasing even to the medieval ear. She swears obedience to the husband who has promised the death of her first born son and daughter...
...hath in his heart the improvement of man. Indeed, if this be true, what doth one gain to seek the truth if it doth not lead to more than the impassive real. Better an illusion to raise man up than a truth which doth make him as spiritless as a rock. With my head much troubled by these thoughts, I out for a little walk...
...girl wrecks her sister's love affair by burning letters from a radical sweetheart, leaves the sister brokenhearted, spiritless, but still safe at home...