Word: stare
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...bell at eight-forty, make it a point to attend chapel for the rest of the year? It may seem a small matter, and also may seem a disagreeable subject to many men. Yet facts are facts, and in this particular case the facts are: Two many empty benches stare Dr. Brooks and the other University preachers in the face each morning of their respective turns among...
...highly interesting walk about the grounds we enter the main building and at once find ourselves in an interior that is luxurious to one who is accustomed to the hard benches and plain walls of Harvard. We enter the Browning room. There is an Amherst man over there. We stare at him. He becomes confused, but our further triumph is cut short by the questions of the fair ones. "Do you have rooms like this at Harvard?" "Oh, yes," we reply, as we gaze aghast at the oil paintings, damask curtains, satin upholstery, and statuary that surround us. Here...
...Humphreys desires to stare that he has a vacancy for one pupil at present, and that during the summer vacation he will be at home to read with students for freshmen and sophomore examinations in September, and will be assisted by a Harvard HOnorman in mathematics and by able teachers in modern languages. He will also then have rooms for two resident pupils. 129 West Chestere Park, April...
...spectacles and other insignia, you recognize at length as a German student. His face is scarred and seamed, it may be that part og one ear is gone ; certainly his appearance is redoubtable. The apology which rose to your lips, however, dies away unuttered when you notice his insolent stare and catch the words, "Wie viele dummer jungen ?" (Literally, how many foolish children ?) Taking umbrage at the tone no less than the words, with true American zest for repartee, you reply, "Ein," and await further hostilities. To your surprise, the student merely hands you his card with freezing courtesy...
Scene in the physical laboratory. Two Harvard students are being shown around by the assistant. As they approach the place where three young ladies are performing an experiment, the assistant explains: "These are the meterological instruments." The Harvard students stare blankly at three young women! - [Beacon, Boston University...