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Word: stillness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...still lives...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A GRIND. | 11/23/1877 | See Source »

DEARE JNO, - I promised to send you from time to time an epistle wherewith you might be assured that I was still of this world, and still devoted to you, so I take this opportunitie of enclosing these lines to you in a cover to my dear mother. Harvard College, you must know, is situate in a lonely plain, not far from y towne of Boston. There is one principal building in which we all sleep, partake of nourishment, and abyde, numbering twenty-seven souls. It is a large and fair brick structure two storeys high...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A FRESHMAN LETTER. | 11/9/1877 | See Source »

...base-ball teams are able to do it. All McGill students go home and return at Christmas for half the ordinary fare. Now, if the Grand Trunk, with the monopoly, is willing to make allowance for numbers, will not the New York lines, under the force of competition, be still more willing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRESPONDENCE. | 11/9/1877 | See Source »

...some time since the college papers have called attention to the singing at morning prayers. The singing is much better this year than it was last; but there is still room for improvement. Some members of the Glee Club, whose voices ought to be heard, find it too much trouble to open the hymn-book, or even to sing when some obliging neighbor finds the place for them. It seems a pity to have one of the best musicians in the country play the accompaniment to so small a volume of music. Reform is necessary, and reform...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/9/1877 | See Source »

First Half. - Tufts had the kick-off, with a slight breeze quartering against them. No real advantage was gained by either side, though there was some brilliant running and kicking. Still, the ball seemed to show some partiality to the region of Tufts' goal. Two touch-downs were claimed by Harvard, but not allowed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOOT-BALL. | 10/26/1877 | See Source »

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