Word: staying
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...excited to stay under roof; he took his way to the forest. His busy brain was engaged with castles in the air. He framed declarations of passion, and committed them to memory; "For," thought he, "I am so bashful that I could not find a word to say in her presence, unless I had thought it out beforehand." As he came into a little open space, he saw a maid before him; she turned with a cry, and fled. He followed her, and soon caught her, only to see her fall fainting. He knelt by her side...
...said the philosopher, looking up, "you must stay to see my daughter. She will be back presently...
...have only just come back," said he. There is nothing new to tell you; nothing new ever happens here. Stay; there is a little change: an old ape and his daughter have just come from the South. No one knows more of them than that he is a celebrated philosopher. The girl is pretty enough, but insignificant. There is no force in her, and beauty of the highest type cannot exist without force. But, speaking of them, I remember that they have not yet seen me; I must step in a moment, to countenance their arrival. Good-evening...
Refreshing cool. A moment yet I stay...
...GOOD enough!" I inelegantly exclaimed as I read Jack's letter, in which he said he would come down the next day and stay a week with me; and I forthwith bounced out on the piazza and announced the news to my two sisters, three cousins, and the other young ladies who were reclining in the shade of the maples, alternately yawning and gaping to amuse themselves...