Word: stream
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...parties to the agreement. The condition as to the state of the tide was an explicit and essential part of the agreement, because, owing to the peculiarities of the Thames river, at no other time is the water equally fair to both contestants over the whole course down stream...
...else, we shall, in the immediate future, need institutions affording opportunities for the highest culture. The right place for our American college is, as it has always been, the country, with its fresh air and healthful moral influences; but, as the poet says, 'a character is formed in the stream of the world.' It is in cities, in those centres of stirring life, that the character of men should be developed, their higher courses of study pursued; in other words, a city is the place for a university. As a university, I see no limit to the possibilities of Columbia...
Down time's stream in joy's boat dear...
...wits' end. He had never before seen any one in a faint, and he had a very dim idea of what it was necessary to do. He thought, however, that he ought to sprinkle the girl's face with water. He looked around him to find a stream...
...stream with dainty finger-tips...