Word: stress
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...tradition can be trusted, those were days of hard drinking when among the Rules and Regulations there was one that forbade the use of all liquors at the table or in the room. And so, I imagine, it is likely to be at Amherst, if much stress is laid on this question of drinking. Stolen pleasures are the sweetest, nor are they the ones in which moderation prevails. Besides, there is sometimes a sort of pride men take in being different from their associates; they boast of their deeper draughts or their broader principles. At Harvard, I am glad...
...there in September, 1871, have recently signified their willingness to come to the United States again provided the regatta is held on Saratoga Lake. This in itself would seem to be conclusive testimony as to the merits of the course. The writer of the article, "Regatta Course," lays great stress on the fact that the only steamer in Saratoga is a "little tea-pot," similar to the one used at Springfield, and which, according to him, is incapable of keeping up with the crews; while at New London plenty of steamboats could be chartered to follow the contesting crews...
...disappointment to many that Mr. Goodwin was prevented by ill-health and stress of work from delivering the poem. This part was written upon very short notice by Mr. Osborne, and in spite of the difficulties attendant on this, he succeeded in producing as entertaining an occasional poem as we remember hearing. The local allusions, as he summed up the four years' experience of seventy-three, were capital, and the audience were very enthusiastic throughout. The introduction struck us as so excellent that we take the liberty of quoting...
...There is no reason that the gas should be put out at eleven, rather than at nine or ten; for few go to bed so early, and most find it natural to get their water and coal after everything else has been done. We do not lay much stress upon the danger that any one may tumble down stairs and break his neck; but, from personal experience, we know that it is very exasperating to come down with a thump and a bite of the tongue, when we have miscalculated the number of steps. The possibility that...