Word: topped
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...words, "smoking car," painted in large letters on the sides, and also on the ends, so that they may be easily distinguished from the others. The means for ventilation are very good, there being two large ventilators in the roof besides the two rows of small windows at the top. They are to run every fifteen minutes...
LITTLE Henry was crying. Not because he was cold or hungry, or because he had lost his top, or because his grandmamma had found it necessary to use her slipper for another purpose than protecting her aged foot. He was crying because the time to part with all the dear ones at home had come. That morning his grandmamma had taken him apart and had said, "You're getting a big boy now, Henry, and it is necessary that you go out into the world to seek your fortune. You cannot expect to live in this forest all your days...
...usually competed) which have been held at the different meetings of the H. A. A., to which all future Harvard records at these games may be referred. They are arranged on the principle of last week's tables, the first record ever made here at the game, at the top of each list. These tables will not be placed in the Gymnasium, as they are not regular college championship events, and there is not room for all. The list is appended...
...stricken, he seized her by an arm and jerked it frantically. His colleagues ran to his assistance. The unfortunate lady was, in a moment, lifted up and forcibly seated on the chair. But now a general indignation arose against the unhappy waiters, and they were hurled down from the top of a precipice near...
SCENE. - Fast's study. On a table in the centre are dust-covered books, on top of which are empty sardine boxes and beer bottles; webs on the ceiling; beetles and spiders flitting through the air. Before the fire stands Fast roasting an oyster. Day breaking...