Word: swollen
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...injuries received by Queen Victoria by her recent fall are more serious than at first supposed. Her majesty is confined to her room with a swollen knee...
...have met together upon this mournful occasion to perform the sad offices over one whose long and honored life was put to an end in a sudden and violent manner. Last year, at this very time, in this very place, our poor friend's round, jovial appearance (slightly swollen, perhaps), and the elasticity of his movements, gave promise of many years more to be added to a long life which even then eclipsed the oldest graduate's. When he rose exulting in the air, propelled by the toe of the valiant Ropes, looking like the war angel sounding the onset...