Word: things
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...listener suggests that he would like to know more on the subject. "You ought to read such and such passages," says the happy owner, and the borrower carries the book home, and forthwith it mingles with his own and is merged and lost. Such a thing even as the loan of a borrowed book is not unusual, though it ought to be regarded as a social crime. Who that prides himself on his books has not painful vacancies among them? Here it is the second volume of an otherwise complete edition of Tennyson-missing ! And there a "horrible blank" tells...
...sort, no gentleman could be betrayed into conduct unworthy his name. We would not, however, favor an increased severity in the punishment for off-side play. In our judgment, a player should be warned three times before he can be disqualified for off-side play. There is such a thing in a game of foot-ball as legitimate deception, such as is required to play an off-side game, and in doing so, to evade the scrutiny of watchful judges, who are on the lookout for opportunities to have the opponents of their respective sides warned by the referee...
...impracticable, the selection of a university "four" from the unsuccessful candidates for the university would still be possible and have almost as much effect in stimulating interest in rowing as the more extended plan. In any case we feel that a boom in rowing here would be an excellent thing, even now, when we have been most successful in this branch of athletics, and we would earnestly urge the boat club to give careful consideration to our proposition...
...bribery or other than legitimate expenses, an appeal is made to the courts, and should the charge be fully substantiated the member loses his seat. The candidate is also assisted in his canvass by a local committee which directs its energies toward bringing out a large vote, a thing which is very difficult to do, and consequently on its success in this direction depends materially the result of the election. Legitimate campaign expenses, it may be said, consist principally in advertising, printing, traveling, hiring of halls, and the expenses of the state returning officer, toward which the candidate is obliged...
...House of Commons as composed of the quintessence of the statesmanship and brains of the nation, and in this way better able to judge of what is best for the people than the people themselves, is one which has never been satisfactorily decided in all its bearings. One thing is certain, that by the adoption of the latter view of the question, the nation is able to procure wiser and more sagacious men, and the House of Commons does not stand in danger of losing its dignity and prestige as a deliberative body. Questions of this nature must be solved...