Word: swear
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...welcomes even such a hackneyed theme as "The Cox'n," and a tale so slight as "Old Kearney," for their contrasting nearness to the College. "The Conversion of Cavendish" does not deal with religion, but is an overdone burlesque on golf containing a swear word and nothing else to speak...
...SWEAR, but go to Joe Gardner's and get your hair cut. It will be done to suit you. Seven years' experience with students. Corner Plympton and Bow streets. Razors honed...
...column presents a decided novelty in the form of a parody of some well known lines on Christmas. The burden of the song is a promise to refrain from punning and to cultivate a higher form of wit. Unfortunately the "swear off" seems to apply only to that particular department. One is tempted to wish that such a healthy reform might be instituted throughout the Lampoon, in all issues to come...
...house of David, devotes himself to the restoration of the ancient faith. Biding his time he steadily prepares for a revolution. In the seventh year of Athalie's reign things are ripe for a change. Joah, who has won over the queen's body-guard, makes them swear fidelity to the young king, now a child of seven...
...village inn serves the landlord's customers, and falls in love with a gentleman whose horse has lost a shoe. Dorothy is accompanied by a friend, who masquerades with her, and also falls in love with a customer. The two girls give their lovers two rings, which the lovers swear never to part with, and the same evening present them to two grand ladies at a ball, who are no other than their sweethearts of the morning, now clad in their legitimate raiment. The two gentlemen, in the middle of the night, play at burglars, and bind the squire...