Word: upping
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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They retired, and soon returned with their nominations, only one for each office. The gentlemen nominated were immediately elected, and were, R. J. Cook, President; F. C. Eldred, Vice President; A. J. Boardman, Secretary; E. M. Hartwell, Treasurer. The question as to the day of the regatta then came up...
Though this is perhaps the most serious evil of their careless generosity, it is not nearly so vexatious as the daily calls of bejewelled purchasers of old clothes, clerical-looking venders of every useless article, and begging impostors who tramp up and down our stairs and hammer at our doors...
The other day he heard the unmistakable knock, and with a groan called out "Come in," when a young but dilapidated female entered. With many tears she told the ancient and somewhat threadbare story of the hard-hearted judge sentencing the innocent husband to the congenial labor of shoemaking for...
A disquisition on the benefits derived from chess need not be entered into now; we probably all know them by heart. But there are many who have never played chess who think it the very essence of stupidity for two persons to sit, one on each side of a table...
After the company had honestly disposed of an excellent bill of fare, ordered according to the best principles of gastronomy, and diluted by the fragrant vintages of Mr. Parker's cellars, the President of the evening, Mr. F. R. Appleton, succeeded in reducing it to a reasonable state of order...