Word: trunkful
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...trunk-line conference of railroad officials was held yesterday in New York, and a plan of settlement of the railroad war discussed...
...railroad war between the trunk lines still continues, without any prospect of immediate settlement...
...drawn the boat beyond the chance of its being carried off, they walked side by side up a little eminence that overlooked the lake, and then seated themselves beneath the trees, in a position that was both picturesque and pleasant; she leaning idly against a great brown trunk, he stretched upon the grass, leaning his head upon his hand. It was cooler here than anywhere else, and that was a point gained; besides, they could look...
...want to; but she put it through with maidenly tact. We took the steamboat Hippolyta to Boston, and went at once to Hotel Br-nsw-ck. We were shown, - how can I say it! - we were shown to Suite 16. Adelinda went into the next room to unpack her trunk, and I was left alone, the prey of conflicting emotions. Being torn in different directions, I could not breathe freely. I rose, and paced quickly up and down the room. Suddenly I espied a scrap of paper in the corner. I went for it at once. It was a mere...
...feeling particularly well pleased with "reaction," when my thoughts took another turn, and I began to wonder why it was that I was able to think at all. Or was it that this small power of speculation still clung to the head, even when severed from the trunk; that the ghosts, as it were, of former senses, loath to depart, still hovered about me? And it diverted me that the faculty for punning should of all be the most tenacious. I felt a new ambition, - to retain my faculties as long as possible. I determined that by mere force...